How To Install kernel-tools-libs on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-tools-libs on CentOS 7.
What is kernel-tools-libs
This package contains the libraries built from the tools/ directory from the kernel source.
We can use yum or dnf to install kernel-tools-libs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kernel-tools-libs.
Install kernel-tools-libs 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-tools-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kernel-tools-libs
Install kernel-tools-libs 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-tools-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install kernel-tools-libs
How To Uninstall kernel-tools-libs on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the kernel-tools-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove kernel-tools-libs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-tools-libs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.