How To Install docbook-utils on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-utils on CentOS 7. docbook-utils is Shell scripts for managing DocBook documents

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-utils on CentOS 7.

What is docbook-utils

This package contains scripts are for easy conversion from DocBook files to other formats (for example, HTML, RTF, and PostScript), and for comparing SGML files.

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

Install docbook-utils on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install docbook-utils

Install docbook-utils 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 docbook-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install docbook-utils

How To Uninstall docbook-utils on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the docbook-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove docbook-utils

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Summary

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