How To Install libproxy on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxy on CentOS 7. libproxy is A library handling all the details of proxy configuration

Introduction

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

What is libproxy

libproxy offers the following features * extremely small core footprint (< 35K) * no external dependencies within libproxy core (libproxy plugins may have dependencies) * only 3 functions in the stable external API * dynamic adjustment to changing network topology * a standard way of dealing with proxy settings across all scenarios * a sublime sense of joy and accomplishment libproxy offers the following features * extremely small core footprint (< 35K) * no external dependencies within libproxy core (libproxy plugins may have dependencies) * only 3 functions in the stable external API * dynamic adjustment to changing network topology * a standard way of dealing with proxy settings across all scenarios * a sublime sense of joy and accomplishment

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

Install libproxy on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libproxy

Install libproxy 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 libproxy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libproxy

How To Uninstall libproxy on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libproxy

References

Summary

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