How To Install centos-release-azure on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-release-azure on CentOS 7.
What is centos-release-azure
Yum repo configuration for kernel and userspace packages built for Microsoft Azure. These are provided via the CentOS Virtualization SIG repositories.
We can use yum or dnf to install centos-release-azure on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install centos-release-azure.
Install centos-release-azure on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install centos-release-azure using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install centos-release-azure
Install centos-release-azure 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 centos-release-azure using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install centos-release-azure
How To Uninstall centos-release-azure on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the centos-release-azure package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove centos-release-azure
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-release-azure on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
