How To Install libpurple on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple on CentOS 7. libpurple is libpurple library for IM clients like Pidgin and Finch

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple on CentOS 7.

What is libpurple

libpurple contains the core IM support for IM clients such as Pidgin and Finch. libpurple supports a variety of messaging protocols including AIM, Jabber, Bonjour, ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, Simple and Zephyr. libpurple contains the core IM support for IM clients such as Pidgin and Finch. libpurple supports a variety of messaging protocols including AIM, Jabber, Bonjour, ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, Simple and Zephyr.

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

Install libpurple on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libpurple

Install libpurple 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 libpurple using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpurple

How To Uninstall libpurple on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libpurple

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Summary

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