How To Install libarchive on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libarchive on CentOS 7.
What is libarchive
Libarchive is a programming library that can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including most popular tar variants, several cpio formats, and both BSD and GNU ar variants. It can also write shar archives and read ISO9660 CDROM images and ZIP archives. Libarchive is a programming library that can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including most popular tar variants, several cpio formats, and both BSD and GNU ar variants. It can also write shar archives and read ISO9660 CDROM images and ZIP archives.
We can use yum or dnf to install libarchive on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libarchive.
Install libarchive on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libarchive using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libarchive
Install libarchive 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 libarchive using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libarchive
How To Uninstall libarchive on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libarchive package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libarchive
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libarchive on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.