How To Install centos-release-scl-rh on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-release-scl-rh on CentOS 7. centos-release-scl-rh is Software collections from the CentOS SCLo SIG (upstream scl only)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-release-scl-rh on CentOS 7.

What is centos-release-scl-rh

yum Configs and basic docs for Software Collections as delivered via the CentOS SCLo SIG.

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

Install centos-release-scl-rh 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-scl-rh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install centos-release-scl-rh

Install centos-release-scl-rh 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-scl-rh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install centos-release-scl-rh

How To Uninstall centos-release-scl-rh on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the centos-release-scl-rh package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove centos-release-scl-rh

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-release-scl-rh on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.