How To Install gnustep-base-libs on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-base-libs on CentOS 7. gnustep-base-libs is GNUStep Base Libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-base-libs on CentOS 7.

What is gnustep-base-libs

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. This packages contains the run-time libraries for gnustep-base.

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

Install gnustep-base-libs 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-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnustep-base-libs

Install gnustep-base-libs 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnustep-base-libs

How To Uninstall gnustep-base-libs on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gnustep-base-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnustep-base-libs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-base-libs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.