How To Install cmake on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake on CentOS 7.
What is cmake
CMake is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files. CMake generates native makefiles and workspaces that can be used in the compiler environment of your choice. CMake is quite sophisticated requiring system configuration, preprocessor generation, code generation, and template instantiation.
We can use yum or dnf to install cmake on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cmake.
Install cmake on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cmake using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cmake
Install cmake 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 cmake using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cmake
How To Uninstall cmake on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cmake package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cmake
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
