How To Install anope-mysql on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install anope-mysql on CentOS 7. anope-mysql is MariaDB/MySQL modules for Anope IRC services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install anope-mysql on CentOS 7.

What is anope-mysql

Anope is a set of IRC services designed for flexibility and ease of use. This package provides Anope modules to store services data in a MariaDB or MySQL database and uses that for maintaining the IRC services. It provides further modules for IRC channel statistics or to log the IRC services’ logs into a MariaDB or MySQL database.

We can use yum or dnf to install anope-mysql on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install anope-mysql.

Install anope-mysql on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install anope-mysql

Install anope-mysql on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install anope-mysql

How To Uninstall anope-mysql on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove anope-mysql

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install anope-mysql on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.