How To Install fedwatch on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedwatch on CentOS 7. fedwatch is Tool for watching fedmsg messages and running arbitrary scripts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedwatch on CentOS 7.

What is fedwatch

Tool and library for watching fedmsg messages and running arbitrary scripts in a nice way. Think of fedwatch as simple converter from fedmsg json messages into shell arguments for scripts.

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

Install fedwatch on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install fedwatch

Install fedwatch 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 fedwatch using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fedwatch

How To Uninstall fedwatch on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove fedwatch

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Summary

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