How To Install apiextractor on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apiextractor on CentOS 7.
What is apiextractor
The API Extractor library is used by the binding generator to parse headers of a given library and merge this data with information provided by type system (XML) files, resulting in a representation of how the API should be exported to the chosen target language. The generation of source code for the bindings is performed by specific generators using the API Extractor library.
We can use yum or dnf to install apiextractor on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install apiextractor.
Install apiextractor on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install apiextractor using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install apiextractor
Install apiextractor 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 apiextractor using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install apiextractor
How To Uninstall apiextractor on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the apiextractor package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove apiextractor
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apiextractor on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
