How To Install hamlib on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hamlib on CentOS 7.
What is hamlib
Hamlib provides a standardized programming interface that applications can use to send the appropriate commands to a radio. Also included in the package is a simple radio control program ‘rigctl’, which lets one control a radio transceiver or receiver, either from command line interface or in a text-oriented interactive interface.
We can use yum or dnf to install hamlib on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hamlib.
Install hamlib on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install hamlib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hamlib
Install hamlib 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 hamlib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hamlib
How To Uninstall hamlib on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the hamlib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hamlib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hamlib on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
