How To Install glibc-common on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-common on CentOS 7.
What is glibc-common
The glibc-common package includes common binaries for the GNU libc libraries, as well as national language (locale) support.
We can use yum or dnf to install glibc-common on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glibc-common.
Install glibc-common on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install glibc-common using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install glibc-common
Install glibc-common 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 glibc-common using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install glibc-common
How To Uninstall glibc-common on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the glibc-common package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove glibc-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-common on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
