How To Install anope-ldap on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install anope-ldap on Rocky Linux 8. anope-ldap is LDAP modules for Anope IRC services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install anope-ldap on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `anope-ldap`

Anope is a set of IRC services designed for flexibility and ease of use. This package provides Anope modules to enable IRC commands such as IDENTIFY, RELEASE, RECOVER, GHOST, etc. to use LDAP to authenticate users. It provides a module to tie users to Anope opertypes when they identify via LDAP group membership, too.

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

Install anope-ldap on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install anope-ldap

Install anope-ldap on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install anope-ldap

How To Uninstall anope-ldap on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove anope-ldap

anope-ldap Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/acc9fa3f60c88fbfc68824b312d19cc7b0a03d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/eefefb4fec188a522c977e164d6c71d9763ece
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/cdfef18e327a29fb3dd18d48f5610f94f8d1cf
/usr/lib64/anope/modules/m_ldap.so
/usr/lib64/anope/modules/m_ldap_authentication.so
/usr/lib64/anope/modules/m_ldap_oper.so

References

anope-ldap website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install anope-ldap on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.