How To Install devscripts on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install devscripts on CentOS 7. devscripts is Scripts for Debian Package maintainers

Introduction

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

What is devscripts

Scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier.

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

Install devscripts on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install devscripts

Install devscripts 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 devscripts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install devscripts

How To Uninstall devscripts on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove devscripts

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Summary

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