How To Install fedora-review on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedora-review on CentOS 7. fedora-review is Review tool for fedora rpm packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedora-review on CentOS 7.

What is fedora-review

This tool automates much of the dirty work when reviewing a package for the Fedora Package Collection like * Downloading SRPM & SPEC. * Download upstream source * Check md5sums * Build and install package in mock. * Run rpmlint. * Generate a review template, which becomes the starting point for the review work. The tool is composed of plugins, one for each supported language. As of today, there is plugins for C/C++, Ruby, java, R, perl and python. There is also support for external tests that can be written in a simple way in bash.

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

Install fedora-review on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install fedora-review

Install fedora-review 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 fedora-review using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fedora-review

How To Uninstall fedora-review on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the fedora-review package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fedora-review

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Summary

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