How To Install python3-slixmpp on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-slixmpp on CentOS 8. python3-slixmpp is Slixmpp is an XMPP library for Python 3.5+

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-slixmpp on CentOS 8.

What is python3-slixmpp

Slixmpp is an MIT licensed XMPP library for Python 3.5+. It is a fork of SleekXMPP. Goals is to only rewrite the core of the library (the low level socket handling, the timers, the events dispatching) in order to remove all threads.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-slixmpp on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-slixmpp.

Install python3-slixmpp on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install python3-slixmpp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-slixmpp

Install python3-slixmpp 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 python3-slixmpp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-slixmpp

How To Uninstall python3-slixmpp on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the python3-slixmpp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-slixmpp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-slixmpp on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.