How To Install docker-common on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install docker-common on CentOS 7.
What is docker-common
This package contains the common files /usr/bin/docker which will point to /usr/bin/docker-current or /usr/bin/docker-latest configurable via /etc/sysconfig/docker
We can use yum or dnf to install docker-common on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install docker-common.
Install docker-common on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install docker-common using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install docker-common
Install docker-common 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 docker-common using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install docker-common
How To Uninstall docker-common on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the docker-common package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove docker-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install docker-common on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
