How To Install libconfig on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig on CentOS 7.
What is libconfig
Libconfig is a simple library for manipulating structured configuration files. This file format is more compact and more readable than XML. And unlike XML, it is type-aware, so it is not necessary to do string parsing in application code. Libconfig is a simple library for manipulating structured configuration files. This file format is more compact and more readable than XML. And unlike XML, it is type-aware, so it is not necessary to do string parsing in application code.
We can use yum or dnf to install libconfig on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libconfig.
Install libconfig on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libconfig using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libconfig
Install libconfig 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 libconfig using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libconfig
How To Uninstall libconfig on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libconfig package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libconfig
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
