How To Install lirc-core on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-core on CentOS 7.
What is lirc-core
Part of the LIRC package suite which handles IR remotes. See the package lirc for more. The lirc core contains the lircd daemons, the devinput and default driver and most of the applications.
We can use yum or dnf to install lirc-core on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lirc-core.
Install lirc-core 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-core using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lirc-core
Install lirc-core 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-core using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lirc-core
How To Uninstall lirc-core on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the lirc-core package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lirc-core
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-core on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
