How To Install bip on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install bip on CentOS 7. bip is IRC Bouncer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bip on CentOS 7.

What is bip

Bip is an IRC proxy, which means it keeps connected to your preferred IRC servers, can store the logs for you, and even send them back to your IRC client(s) upon connection. You may want to use bip to keep your logfiles (in a unique format and on a unique computer) whatever your client is, when you connect from multiple workstations, or when you simply want to have a playback of what was said while you were away.

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

Install bip on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install bip

Install bip 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 bip using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bip

How To Uninstall bip on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove bip

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Summary

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