How To Install convmv on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install convmv on CentOS 7. convmv is Convert filename encodings

Introduction

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

What is convmv

This package contains the tool convmv with which you can convert the encodings of filenames, e.g. from Latin1 to UTF-8.

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

Install convmv on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install convmv

Install convmv 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 convmv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install convmv

How To Uninstall convmv on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove convmv

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Summary

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