How To Install apache-commons-compress on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install apache-commons-compress on CentOS 7. apache-commons-compress is Java API for working with compressed files and archivers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apache-commons-compress on CentOS 7.

What is apache-commons-compress

The Apache Commons Compress library defines an API for working with ar, cpio, Unix dump, tar, zip, gzip, XZ, Pack200 and bzip2 files.

We can use yum or dnf to install apache-commons-compress on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install apache-commons-compress.

Install apache-commons-compress on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install apache-commons-compress using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install apache-commons-compress

Install apache-commons-compress 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 apache-commons-compress using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install apache-commons-compress

How To Uninstall apache-commons-compress on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the apache-commons-compress package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove apache-commons-compress

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apache-commons-compress on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.