How To Install gloox on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gloox on CentOS 7. gloox is A rock-solid, full-featured Jabber/XMPP client C++ library

Introduction

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

What is gloox

gloox is a rock-solid, full-featured Jabber/XMPP client library written in C++. It makes writing spec-compliant clients easy and allows for hassle-free integration of Jabber/XMPP functionality into existing applications.

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

Install gloox on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install gloox

Install gloox 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 gloox using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gloox

How To Uninstall gloox on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove gloox

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Summary

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