How To Install gnustep-base on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-base on CentOS 7.
What is gnustep-base
The GNUstep Base Library is a powerful fast library of general-purpose, non-graphical Objective C classes, inspired by the superb OpenStep API but implementing Apple and GNU additions to the API as well. It includes for example classes for unicode strings, arrays, dictionaries, sets, byte streams, typed coders, invocations, notifications, notification dispatchers, scanners, tasks, files, networking, threading, remote object messaging support (distributed objects), event loops, loadable bundles, attributed unicode strings, xml, mime, user defaults. This package includes development headers too.
We can use yum or dnf to install gnustep-base on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnustep-base.
Install gnustep-base on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gnustep-base using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gnustep-base
Install gnustep-base 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 gnustep-base using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gnustep-base
How To Uninstall gnustep-base on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the gnustep-base package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gnustep-base
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-base on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
