How To Install comps-extras on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install comps-extras on CentOS 7. comps-extras is Images for package groups

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install comps-extras on CentOS 7.

What is comps-extras

This package contains images for the components included in this distribution.

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

Install comps-extras on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install comps-extras

Install comps-extras 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 comps-extras using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install comps-extras

How To Uninstall comps-extras on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the comps-extras package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove comps-extras

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Summary

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