How To Install libotr on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libotr on CentOS 8.
What is libotr
Off-the-Record Messaging Library and Toolkit This is a library and toolkit which implements Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging. OTR allows you to have private conversations over IM by providing Encryption, Authentication, Deniability and Perfect forward secrecy.
We can use yum or dnf to install libotr on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libotr.
Install libotr on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libotr using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libotr
Install libotr on CentOS 8 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 libotr using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libotr
How To Uninstall libotr on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libotr package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libotr
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libotr on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.