How To Install debmirror on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debmirror on CentOS 7.
What is debmirror
This program downloads and maintains a partial local Debian mirror. It can mirror any combination of architectures, distributions and sections. Files are transferred by ftp, http, hftp or rsync, and package pools are fully supported. It also does locking and updates trace files.
We can use yum or dnf to install debmirror on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install debmirror.
Install debmirror on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install debmirror using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install debmirror
Install debmirror 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 debmirror using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install debmirror
How To Uninstall debmirror on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the debmirror package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove debmirror
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debmirror on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.