How To Install groovy on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install groovy on CentOS 7.
What is groovy
Groovy is an agile and dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine, built upon Java with features inspired by languages like Python, Ruby and Smalltalk. It seamlessly integrates with all existing Java objects and libraries and compiles straight to Java bytecode so you can use it anywhere you can use Java.
We can use yum or dnf to install groovy on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install groovy.
Install groovy on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install groovy using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install groovy
Install groovy 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 groovy using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install groovy
How To Uninstall groovy on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the groovy package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove groovy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install groovy on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
