How To Install pidgin on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin on CentOS 7.
What is pidgin
Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging protocols including AIM, Jabber, Bonjour, ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, Simple and Zephyr. These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to use design. To use a protocol, just add an account using the account editor. Pidgin supports many common features of other clients, as well as many unique features, such as perl scripting, TCL scripting and C plugins. Pidgin is not affiliated with or endorsed by America Online, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, or ICQ Inc.
We can use yum or dnf to install pidgin on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pidgin.
Install pidgin on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pidgin using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pidgin
Install pidgin 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 pidgin using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pidgin
How To Uninstall pidgin on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pidgin package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pidgin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.