How To Install libreport-newt on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreport-newt on CentOS 7. libreport-newt is libreport’s newt interface

Introduction

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

What is libreport-newt

This package contains a simple newt application for reporting bugs

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

Install libreport-newt 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-newt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libreport-newt

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

sudo dnf -y install libreport-newt

How To Uninstall libreport-newt on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libreport-newt

References

Summary

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