How To Install libical on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libical on CentOS 7. libical is Reference implementation of the iCalendar data type and

Introduction

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

What is libical

Reference implementation of the iCalendar data type and serialization format used in dozens of calendaring and scheduling products. Reference implementation of the iCalendar data type and serialization format used in dozens of calendaring and scheduling products.

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

Install libical on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libical

Install libical 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 libical using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libical

How To Uninstall libical on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libical

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Summary

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