How To Install folks-tools on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install folks-tools on CentOS 7. folks-tools is Tools for folks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install folks-tools on CentOS 7.

What is folks-tools

folks-tools contains a database and import tool. folks-tools contains a database and import tool.

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

Install folks-tools on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install folks-tools

Install folks-tools 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 folks-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install folks-tools

How To Uninstall folks-tools on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the folks-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove folks-tools

References

Summary

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