How To Install libfaketime on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfaketime on CentOS 7.
What is libfaketime
libfaketime intercepts various system calls which programs use to retrieve the current date and time. It can then report faked dates and times (as specified by you, the user) to these programs. This means you can modify the system time a program sees without having to change the time system- wide.
We can use yum or dnf to install libfaketime on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libfaketime.
Install libfaketime on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libfaketime using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libfaketime
Install libfaketime 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 libfaketime using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libfaketime
How To Uninstall libfaketime on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libfaketime package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libfaketime
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfaketime on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
