How To Install libsmartcols on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmartcols on CentOS 7. libsmartcols is Formatting library for ls-like programs.

Introduction

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

What is libsmartcols

This is library for ls-like terminal programs, part of util-linux.

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

Install libsmartcols on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libsmartcols

Install libsmartcols 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 libsmartcols using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libsmartcols

How To Uninstall libsmartcols on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libsmartcols

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Summary

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