How To Install glib-networking on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install glib-networking on CentOS 7. glib-networking is Networking support for GLib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glib-networking on CentOS 7.

What is glib-networking

This package contains modules that extend the networking support in GIO. In particular, it contains libproxy- and GSettings-based GProxyResolver implementations and a gnutls-based GTlsConnection implementation. This package contains modules that extend the networking support in GIO. In particular, it contains libproxy- and GSettings-based GProxyResolver implementations and a gnutls-based GTlsConnection implementation.

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

Install glib-networking on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install glib-networking

Install glib-networking 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 glib-networking using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glib-networking

How To Uninstall glib-networking on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the glib-networking package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glib-networking

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Summary

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