How To Install apache-commons-vfs on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install apache-commons-vfs on CentOS 7. apache-commons-vfs is Commons Virtual File System

Introduction

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

What is apache-commons-vfs

Commons VFS provides a single API for accessing various different file systems. It presents a uniform view of the files from various different sources, such as the files on local disk, on an HTTP server, or inside a Zip archive. Some of the features of Commons VFS are * A single consistent API for accessing files of different types. * Support for numerous file system types. * Caching of file information. Caches information in-JVM, and optionally can cache remote file information on the local file system. * Event delivery. * Support for logical file systems made up of files from various different file systems. * Utilities for integrating Commons VFS into applications, such as a VFS-aware ClassLoader and URLStreamHandlerFactory. * A set of VFS-enabled Ant tasks.

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

Install apache-commons-vfs 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-vfs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install apache-commons-vfs

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

sudo dnf -y install apache-commons-vfs

How To Uninstall apache-commons-vfs on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove apache-commons-vfs

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Summary

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