How To Install gperf on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gperf on CentOS 7.
What is gperf
Gperf is a perfect hash function generator written in C++. Simply stated, a perfect hash function is a hash function and a data structure that allows recognition of a key word in a set of words using exactly one probe into the data structure.
We can use yum or dnf to install gperf on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gperf.
Install gperf on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gperf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gperf
Install gperf 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 gperf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gperf
How To Uninstall gperf on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the gperf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gperf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gperf on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.