How To Install google-benchmark on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install google-benchmark on CentOS 7. google-benchmark is A microbenchmark support library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install google-benchmark on CentOS 7.

What is google-benchmark

A library to support the benchmarking of functions, similar to unit-tests.

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

Install google-benchmark on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install google-benchmark

Install google-benchmark 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 google-benchmark using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install google-benchmark

How To Uninstall google-benchmark on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the google-benchmark package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove google-benchmark

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Summary

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