How To Install ngircd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ngircd on Rocky Linux 8. ngircd is Next Generation IRC Daemon

Introduction

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

What is `ngircd`

ngIRCd is a free open source daemon for Internet Relay Chat (IRC), developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It’s written from scratch and is not based upon the original IRCd like many others.

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

Install ngircd 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 ngircd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ngircd

Install ngircd 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 ngircd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ngircd

How To Uninstall ngircd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ngircd

ngircd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/ngircd.conf
/etc/ngircd.motd
/etc/pam.d/ngircd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/931f3c36c05f82702a9718e289ad42da7b23e3
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ngircd.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ngircd.conf
/usr/sbin/ngircd
/usr/share/doc/ngircd
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Bopm.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Capabilities.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Commands.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Contributing.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/FAQ.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/HowToRelease.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Modes.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/PAM.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Platforms.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Protocol.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/README-AUX.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/README-BeOS.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/README-Interix.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/README.md
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/RFC.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/SSL.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Services.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/sample-ngircd.conf
/usr/share/licenses/ngircd
/usr/share/licenses/ngircd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/ngircd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ngircd.8.gz

References

ngircd website

Summary

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