How To Install jansi on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install jansi on CentOS 7. jansi is Jansi is a java library for generating and interpreting ANSI

Introduction

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

What is jansi

Jansi is a small java library that allows you to use ANSI escape sequences in your Java console applications. It implements ANSI support on platforms which don’t support it like Windows and provides graceful degradation for when output is being sent to output devices which cannot support ANSI sequences.

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

Install jansi on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install jansi

Install jansi 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 jansi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jansi

How To Uninstall jansi on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove jansi

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Summary

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