How To Install libgit2 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgit2
on CentOS 7.
What is libgit2
libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing you to write native speed custom Git applications in any language with bindings.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install libgit2
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgit2.
Install libgit2 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install libgit2
using yum
by running the following command:
Install libgit2 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.
After updating yum database, We can install libgit2
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libgit2 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libgit2
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgit2
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.