How To Install glpi on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install glpi on CentOS 7. glpi is Free IT asset management software

Introduction

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

What is glpi

GLPI is the Information Resource-Manager with an additional Administration- Interface. You can use it to build up a database with an inventory for your company (computer, software, printers…). It has enhanced functions to make the daily life for the administrators easier, like a job-tracking-system with mail-notification and methods to build a database with basic information about your network-topology.

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

Install glpi on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install glpi

Install glpi 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 glpi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glpi

How To Uninstall glpi on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove glpi

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Summary

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