How To Install lirc-compat on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-compat on CentOS 7.
What is lirc-compat
Part of the LIRC package suite which handles IR remotes. See the package lirc for more. Installing this package will install most lirc sub-packages, roughly the same as installing previous versions of the lirc package.
We can use yum or dnf to install lirc-compat on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lirc-compat.
Install lirc-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 lirc-compat using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lirc-compat
Install lirc-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 lirc-compat using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lirc-compat
How To Uninstall lirc-compat on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the lirc-compat package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lirc-compat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-compat on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
