How To Install console-setup on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install console-setup on CentOS 7.
What is console-setup
This package provides the console with the same keyboard configuration scheme that X Window System has. Besides the keyboard, the package configures also the font on the console. It includes a rich collection of fonts and supports several languages that would be otherwise unsupported on the console (such as Armenian, Georgian, Lao and Thai).
We can use yum or dnf to install console-setup on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install console-setup.
Install console-setup on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install console-setup using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install console-setup
Install console-setup 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 console-setup using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install console-setup
How To Uninstall console-setup on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the console-setup package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove console-setup
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install console-setup on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
