How To Install cmap-resources on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmap-resources on CentOS 7. cmap-resources is CMap Resources for Adobe’s public character collections

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmap-resources on CentOS 7.

What is cmap-resources

CMap (Character Map) resources are used to unidirectionally map character codes, such as a Unicode encoding form, to CIDs (Characters IDs, meaning glyphs) of a CIDFont resource.

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

Install cmap-resources on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install cmap-resources using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cmap-resources

Install cmap-resources 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 cmap-resources using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cmap-resources

How To Uninstall cmap-resources on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the cmap-resources package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cmap-resources

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Summary

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