How To Install librepo on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install librepo on CentOS 7. librepo is Repodata downloading library

Introduction

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

What is librepo

A library providing C and Python (libcURL like) API to downloading repository metadata. A library providing C and Python (libcURL like) API to downloading repository metadata.

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

Install librepo on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install librepo

Install librepo 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 librepo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install librepo

How To Uninstall librepo on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove librepo

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Summary

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