How To Install bitlbee-otr on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-otr on CentOS 7. bitlbee-otr is OTR plugin for bitlbee

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-otr on CentOS 7.

What is bitlbee-otr

The bitlbee-otr package includes OTR plugin for bitlbee. Off-the-Record messaging, commonly referred to as OTR, provides perfect forward secrecy and malleable encryption.

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

Install bitlbee-otr on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install bitlbee-otr

Install bitlbee-otr 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 bitlbee-otr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bitlbee-otr

How To Uninstall bitlbee-otr on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the bitlbee-otr package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bitlbee-otr

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Summary

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