How To Install centerim on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install centerim on CentOS 7. centerim is Text mode menu- and window-driven IM

Introduction

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

What is centerim

CenterIM is a text mode menu- and window-driven IM interface that supports the ICQ2000, Yahoo!, MSN, AIM TOC, IRC, Gadu-Gadu and Jabber protocols. Internal RSS reader and a client for LiveJournal are provided.

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

Install centerim on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install centerim

Install centerim 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 centerim using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install centerim

How To Uninstall centerim on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove centerim

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Summary

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