How To Install libfdt on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfdt on CentOS 7. libfdt is Device tree library

Introduction

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

What is libfdt

libfdt is a library to process Open Firmware style device trees on various architectures.

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

Install libfdt on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libfdt

Install libfdt 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 libfdt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfdt

How To Uninstall libfdt on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libfdt

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Summary

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