How To Install irssi-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install irssi-devel on CentOS 7. irssi-devel is Development package for irssi

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install irssi-devel on CentOS 7.

What is irssi-devel

This package contains headers needed to develop irssi plugins. Irssi is a modular IRC client with Perl scripting. Only text-mode frontend is currently supported. The GTK/GNOME frontend is no longer being maintained. This package contains headers needed to develop irssi plugins. Irssi is a modular IRC client with Perl scripting. Only text-mode frontend is currently supported. The GTK/GNOME frontend is no longer being maintained.

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

Install irssi-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install irssi-devel

Install irssi-devel 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 irssi-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install irssi-devel

How To Uninstall irssi-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the irssi-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove irssi-devel

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Summary

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