How To Install cfv on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cfv on CentOS 7. cfv is A utility to test and create data verification files

Introduction

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

What is cfv

cfv is a utility to both test and create .sfv, .csv, .crc, .md5(sfv-like), md5sum, bsd md5, sha1sum, and .torrent files. These files are commonly used to ensure the correct retrieval or storage of data. It also has test-only support for PAR and PAR2 files The bittorent package must be separately installed for .torrent support.

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

Install cfv on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cfv

Install cfv 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 cfv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cfv

How To Uninstall cfv on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove cfv

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Summary

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