How To Install ctpl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ctpl on CentOS 7. ctpl is Template library and engine written in C

Introduction

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

What is ctpl

CTPL is a template library written in C. It allows fast and easy parsing of templates from many sources (including in-memory data and local and remote streaming, thanks to GIO) and fine control over template parsing environment. CTPL has following features * It is a library, then it can be easily used from programs * Separated lexer and parser * It is written in portable C * Simple syntax * Fast and strict parsing * Possible in-memory parsing, allowing non-file data parsing and avoiding I/O-latency, through GIO’s GMemoryInputStream and GMemoryOutputStream

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

Install ctpl on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install ctpl

Install ctpl 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 ctpl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ctpl

How To Uninstall ctpl on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ctpl

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Summary

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