How To Install libguac on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguac on CentOS 7. libguac is The common library used by all C components of Guacamole

Introduction

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

What is libguac

libguac is the core library for guacd (the Guacamole proxy) and any protocol support plugins for guacd. libguac provides efficient buffered I/O of text and base64 data, as well as somewhat abstracted functions for sending Guacamole instructions.

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

Install libguac on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libguac

Install libguac 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 libguac using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libguac

How To Uninstall libguac on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libguac

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Summary

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