How To Install libattr on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libattr on CentOS 7.
What is libattr
This package contains the libattr.so dynamic library which contains the extended attribute system calls and library functions.
We can use yum or dnf to install libattr on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libattr.
Install libattr on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libattr using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libattr
Install libattr 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 libattr using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libattr
How To Uninstall libattr on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libattr package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libattr
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libattr on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.