How To Install dnf-langpacks on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-langpacks on CentOS 7. dnf-langpacks is Langpacks plugin for dnf

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-langpacks on CentOS 7.

What is dnf-langpacks

dnf-langpacks is a plugin for DNF that looks for langpacks for your native language for packages you install.

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

Install dnf-langpacks on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install dnf-langpacks using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dnf-langpacks

Install dnf-langpacks 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 dnf-langpacks using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dnf-langpacks

How To Uninstall dnf-langpacks on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the dnf-langpacks package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dnf-langpacks

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Summary

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