How To Install irssi-xmpp on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install irssi-xmpp on CentOS 7. irssi-xmpp is XMPP plugin into irssi

Introduction

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

What is irssi-xmpp

Irssi-xmpp is an irssi plugin to connect to the Jabber network.

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

Install irssi-xmpp 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-xmpp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install irssi-xmpp

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

sudo dnf -y install irssi-xmpp

How To Uninstall irssi-xmpp on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove irssi-xmpp

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Summary

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