How To Install brlapi on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install brlapi on CentOS 7. brlapi is Application Programming Interface for BRLTTY

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install brlapi on CentOS 7.

What is brlapi

This package provides the run-time support for the Application Programming Interface to BRLTTY. Install this package if you have an application which directly accesses a refreshable braille display. This package provides the run-time support for the Application Programming Interface to BRLTTY. Install this package if you have an application which directly accesses a refreshable braille display.

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

Install brlapi on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install brlapi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install brlapi

Install brlapi 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 brlapi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install brlapi

How To Uninstall brlapi on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the brlapi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove brlapi

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install brlapi on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.