How To Install libmodbus on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodbus on CentOS 7.
What is libmodbus
libmodbus is a C library designed to provide a fast and robust implementation of the Modbus protocol. It runs on Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, QNX and Windows. This package contains the libmodbus shared library.
We can use yum or dnf to install libmodbus on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libmodbus.
Install libmodbus on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libmodbus using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libmodbus
Install libmodbus 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 libmodbus using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libmodbus
How To Uninstall libmodbus on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libmodbus package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libmodbus
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodbus on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
