How To Install libreport-compat on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreport-compat on CentOS 7. libreport-compat is libreport’s compat layer for obsoleted ‘report’ package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreport-compat on CentOS 7.

What is libreport-compat

Provides ‘report’ command-line tool.

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

Install libreport-compat on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libreport-compat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libreport-compat

Install libreport-compat 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 libreport-compat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libreport-compat

How To Uninstall libreport-compat on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libreport-compat package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libreport-compat

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Summary

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