How To Install kernel-plus-doc on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-plus-doc on CentOS 7.
What is kernel-plus-doc
This package contains documentation files from the kernel source. Various bits of information about the Linux kernel and the device drivers shipped with it are documented in these files. You’ll want to install this package if you need a reference to the options that can be passed to Linux kernel modules at load time.
We can use yum or dnf to install kernel-plus-doc on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kernel-plus-doc.
Install kernel-plus-doc on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install kernel-plus-doc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kernel-plus-doc
Install kernel-plus-doc 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 kernel-plus-doc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install kernel-plus-doc
How To Uninstall kernel-plus-doc on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the kernel-plus-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove kernel-plus-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-plus-doc on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
