How To Install hawkey on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install hawkey on CentOS 7. hawkey is Library providing simplified C and Python API to libsolv

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hawkey on CentOS 7.

What is hawkey

A Library providing simplified C and Python API to libsolv. A Library providing simplified C and Python API to libsolv.

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

Install hawkey on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install hawkey using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hawkey

Install hawkey 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 hawkey using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hawkey

How To Uninstall hawkey on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the hawkey package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove hawkey

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Summary

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