How To Install libusb on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libusb on CentOS 7.
What is libusb
This package provides a way for applications to access USB devices. Legacy libusb-0.1 is no longer supported by upstream, therefore content of this package was replaced by libusb-compat. It provides compatibility layer allowing applications written for libusb-0.1 to work with libusb-1.0. This package provides a way for applications to access USB devices. Legacy libusb-0.1 is no longer supported by upstream, therefore content of this package was replaced by libusb-compat. It provides compatibility layer allowing applications written for libusb-0.1 to work with libusb-1.0.
We can use yum or dnf to install libusb on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libusb.
Install libusb on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libusb using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libusb
Install libusb 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 libusb using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libusb
How To Uninstall libusb on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libusb package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libusb
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libusb on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
