How To Install jansi-native on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install jansi-native on CentOS 7. jansi-native is Jansi Native implements the JNI Libraries used by the Jansi

Introduction

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

What is jansi-native

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-native on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jansi-native.

Install jansi-native 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-native using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jansi-native

Install jansi-native 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-native using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jansi-native

How To Uninstall jansi-native on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove jansi-native

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Summary

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