How To Install anope on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install anope in AlmaLinux 8. anope is IRC services designed for flexibility and ease of use

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install anope on AlmaLinux 8.

What is anope

Anope is a set of IRC services forked from Epona early 2003 to pick up where Epona had been abandoned. It offers various services clients to maintain an IRC network well as less often used services clients like HelpServ, DevNull and Global.

We can use yum or dnf to install anope on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install anope.

Install anope on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install anope using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install anope

Install anope on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install anope using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install anope

How To Uninstall anope on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the anope package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove anope

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install anope on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.