How To Install drpm on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install drpm on CentOS 8. drpm is A library for making, reading and applying deltarpm packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install drpm on CentOS 8.

What is drpm

The drpm package provides a library for making, reading and applying deltarpms, compatible with the original deltarpm packages. The drpm package provides a library for making, reading and applying deltarpms, compatible with the original deltarpm packages.

We can use yum or dnf to install drpm on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install drpm.

Install drpm on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install drpm

Install drpm on CentOS 8 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 drpm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install drpm

How To Uninstall drpm on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove drpm

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install drpm on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.