How To Install appstream-data on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install appstream-data on CentOS 7.
What is appstream-data
This package provides the distribution specific AppStream metadata required for the GNOME and KDE software centers.
We can use yum or dnf to install appstream-data on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install appstream-data.
Install appstream-data on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install appstream-data using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install appstream-data
Install appstream-data 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 appstream-data using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install appstream-data
How To Uninstall appstream-data on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the appstream-data package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove appstream-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install appstream-data on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
