How To Install libnghttp2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnghttp2 on CentOS 7. libnghttp2 is A library implementing the HTTP/2 protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnghttp2 on CentOS 7.

What is libnghttp2

libnghttp2 is a library implementing the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 (HTTP/2) protocol in C.

We can use yum or dnf to install libnghttp2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnghttp2.

Install libnghttp2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libnghttp2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnghttp2

Install libnghttp2 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 libnghttp2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnghttp2

How To Uninstall libnghttp2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libnghttp2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libnghttp2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnghttp2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.