How To Install lirc-drv-ftdi on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-drv-ftdi on CentOS 7. lirc-drv-ftdi is Ftdi LIRC User-Space Driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-drv-ftdi on CentOS 7.

What is lirc-drv-ftdi

Part of the LIRC package suite which handles IR remotes. See the package lirc for more. This package contains a user-space driver which works together with the kernel, providing full support for the ftdi device. See http

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

Install lirc-drv-ftdi 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-drv-ftdi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lirc-drv-ftdi

Install lirc-drv-ftdi 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-drv-ftdi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lirc-drv-ftdi

How To Uninstall lirc-drv-ftdi on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the lirc-drv-ftdi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lirc-drv-ftdi

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-drv-ftdi on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.