How To Install libcanberra on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcanberra on CentOS 7. libcanberra is Portable Sound Event Library

Introduction

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

What is libcanberra

A small and lightweight implementation of the XDG Sound Theme Specification (http A small and lightweight implementation of the XDG Sound Theme Specification (http

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

Install libcanberra on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libcanberra

Install libcanberra 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 libcanberra using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcanberra

How To Uninstall libcanberra on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libcanberra

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Summary

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