How To Install jandex on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install jandex on CentOS 7. jandex is Java Annotation Indexer

Introduction

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

What is jandex

This package contains Java Annotation Indexer

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

Install jandex on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install jandex

Install jandex 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 jandex using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jandex

How To Uninstall jandex on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove jandex

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Summary

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