How To Install cmake3 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake3 on CentOS 7. cmake3 is Cross-platform make system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake3 on CentOS 7.

What is cmake3

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 cmake3 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cmake3.

Install cmake3 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install cmake3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cmake3

Install cmake3 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 cmake3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cmake3

How To Uninstall cmake3 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the cmake3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cmake3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake3 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.