How To Install talk-server on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install talk-server on CentOS 7.
What is talk-server
The talk-server package provides daemon programs for the Internet talk protocol, which allows you to chat with other users on different machines. Talk is a communication program which copies lines from one terminal to the terminal of another user.
We can use yum or dnf to install talk-server on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install talk-server.
Install talk-server on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install talk-server using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install talk-server
Install talk-server 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 talk-server using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install talk-server
How To Uninstall talk-server on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the talk-server package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove talk-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install talk-server on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
