How To Install drupal7-libraries on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install drupal7-libraries on CentOS 7. drupal7-libraries is Allows version-dependent and shared usage of external libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install drupal7-libraries on CentOS 7.

What is drupal7-libraries

Drupal 7 only has built-in support for non-external libraries via hook_library(). But it is only suitable for drupal.org projects that bundle their own library; i.e., the module author is the creator and vendor of the library. Libraries API should be used for externally developed and distributed libraries. A simple example would be a third-party jQuery plugin. This package provides the following Drupal module * libraries

We can use yum or dnf to install drupal7-libraries on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install drupal7-libraries.

Install drupal7-libraries on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install drupal7-libraries using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install drupal7-libraries

Install drupal7-libraries 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 drupal7-libraries using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install drupal7-libraries

How To Uninstall drupal7-libraries on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the drupal7-libraries package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove drupal7-libraries

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install drupal7-libraries on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.