How To Install kirc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kirc on Rocky Linux 8. kirc is Tiny IRC client written in POSIX C99

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kirc on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `kirc`

kirc (“KISS for IRC”) is a tiny open-source Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client designed with usability and cross-platform compatibility in mind.

We can use yum or dnf to install kirc on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kirc.

Install kirc on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install kirc

Install kirc on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install kirc

How To Uninstall kirc on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kirc

kirc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/kirc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/bde2d96a340530f1020e13ba44f3e3f4504575
/usr/share/doc/kirc
/usr/share/doc/kirc/README
/usr/share/licenses/kirc
/usr/share/licenses/kirc/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/kirc.1.gz

References

kirc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kirc on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.