How To Install dh_pidgin on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install pidgin-dev

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install pidgin-dev

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is dh_pidgin and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install dh_pidgin on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install dh_pidgin on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install dh_pidgin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pidgin-dev

Install dh_pidgin on CentOS 8 using yum

Because dh_pidgin is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install dh_pidgin package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pidgin-dev

How to upgrade (update) a single package dh_pidgin using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like dh_pidgin in this example you should use the following command:

yum update pidgin-dev

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade pidgin-dev

How to Upgrade dh_pidgin on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update pidgin-dev

How To remove dh_pidgin from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dh_pidgin package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove pidgin-dev

Extra info and code examples

This package contains the headers and other development files not included in the main pidgin package. Install this if you wish to compile your own plugins. If you are creating a pidgin plugin package, please be sure to read /usr/share/doc/pidgin-dev/README.Debian.dev after installing pidgin-dev.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install dh_pidgin using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the dh_pidgin from CentOS 8.

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