How To Install jabberd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jabberd on CentOS 7.
What is jabberd
The jabberd project aims to provide an open-source server implementation of the Jabber protocols for instant messaging and XML routing. The goal of this project is to provide a scalable, reliable, efficient and extensible server that provides a complete set of features and is up to date with the latest protocol revisions. jabberd2 is the next generation of the jabberd server. It has been rewritten from the ground up to be scalable, architecturally sound, and to support the latest protocol extensions coming out of the JSF. This package defaults to use pam and sqlite.
We can use yum or dnf to install jabberd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jabberd.
Install jabberd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install jabberd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install jabberd
Install jabberd 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 jabberd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install jabberd
How To Uninstall jabberd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the jabberd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove jabberd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jabberd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
