How To Install bitlbee-otr on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-otr on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 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 bitlbee-otr using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bitlbee-otr
Install bitlbee-otr 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 bitlbee-otr using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bitlbee-otr
How To Uninstall bitlbee-otr on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the bitlbee-otr package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bitlbee-otr
bitlbee-otr Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/3f56323ab08dca3d354afbe0698aa60097e623
/usr/lib64/bitlbee/otr.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-otr on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.