How To Install libwebsockets on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets on CentOS 7.
What is libwebsockets
This is the libwebsockets C library for lightweight websocket clients and servers.
We can use yum or dnf to install libwebsockets on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libwebsockets.
Install libwebsockets on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libwebsockets using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libwebsockets
Install libwebsockets 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 libwebsockets using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libwebsockets
How To Uninstall libwebsockets on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libwebsockets package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libwebsockets
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
