How To Install brltty on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install brltty on CentOS 7. brltty is Braille display driver for Linux/Unix

Introduction

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

What is brltty

BRLTTY is a background process (daemon) which provides access to the Linux/Unix console (when in text mode) for a blind person using a refreshable braille display. It drives the braille display and provides complete screen review functionality.

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

Install brltty on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install brltty

Install brltty 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 brltty using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install brltty

How To Uninstall brltty on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove brltty

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Summary

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