How To Install fribidi on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install fribidi on CentOS 7. fribidi is Library implementing the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm

Introduction

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

What is fribidi

A library to handle bidirectional scripts (for example Hebrew, Arabic), so that the display is done in the proper way; while the text data itself is always written in logical order. A library to handle bidirectional scripts (for example Hebrew, Arabic), so that the display is done in the proper way; while the text data itself is always written in logical order.

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

Install fribidi on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install fribidi

Install fribidi 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 fribidi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fribidi

How To Uninstall fribidi on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove fribidi

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Summary

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