How To Install libmetalink on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetalink on CentOS 7. libmetalink is Metalink library written in C

Introduction

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

libmetalink is a Metalink C library. It adds Metalink functionality such as parsing Metalink XML files to programs written in C.

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

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libmetalink

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 libmetalink using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmetalink

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

sudo dnf remove libmetalink

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Summary

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