How To Install hexchat-autoaway on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-autoaway on CentOS 7. hexchat-autoaway is HexChat plugin that automatically mark you away

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-autoaway on CentOS 7.

What is hexchat-autoaway

This HexChat plugin will automatically mark you away when your computer is idle. It works on systems that use the GTK+ X11 backend, such as GNU/Linux.

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

Install hexchat-autoaway on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install hexchat-autoaway

Install hexchat-autoaway 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 hexchat-autoaway using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hexchat-autoaway

How To Uninstall hexchat-autoaway on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the hexchat-autoaway package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove hexchat-autoaway

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Summary

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