How To Install libapreq2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapreq2 on CentOS 7. libapreq2 is Apache HTTP request library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapreq2 on CentOS 7.

What is libapreq2

libapreq is a shared library with associated modules for manipulating client request data via the Apache API. Functionality includes parsing of application/x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart/form-data content, as well as HTTP cookies.

We can use yum or dnf to install libapreq2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libapreq2.

Install libapreq2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libapreq2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libapreq2

Install libapreq2 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 libapreq2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libapreq2

How To Uninstall libapreq2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libapreq2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libapreq2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapreq2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.