How To Install apache-commons-configuration on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apache-commons-configuration on CentOS 7.
What is apache-commons-configuration
Configuration is a project to provide a generic Configuration interface and allow the source of the values to vary. It provides easy typed access to single, as well as lists of configuration values based on a ‘key’. Right now you can load properties from a simple properties file, a properties file in a jar, an XML file, JNDI settings, as well as use a mix of different sources using a ConfigurationFactory and CompositeConfiguration. Custom configuration objects are very easy to create now by just subclassing AbstractConfiguration. This works similar to how AbstractList works.
We can use yum or dnf to install apache-commons-configuration on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install apache-commons-configuration.
Install apache-commons-configuration 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-configuration using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install apache-commons-configuration
Install apache-commons-configuration 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-configuration using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install apache-commons-configuration
How To Uninstall apache-commons-configuration on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the apache-commons-configuration package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove apache-commons-configuration
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apache-commons-configuration on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.