How To Install createrepo on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install createrepo on CentOS 7. createrepo is Creates a common metadata repository

Introduction

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

What is createrepo

This utility will generate a common metadata repository from a directory of rpm packages.

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

Install createrepo on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install createrepo

Install createrepo 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 createrepo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install createrepo

How To Uninstall createrepo on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove createrepo

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Summary

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