How To Install bitlbee-otr on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-otr on CentOS 8.
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 8. 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 8 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 8 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 8
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 8 using yum and dnf.