How To Install lsof on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsof on CentOS 7.
What is lsof
Lsof stands for LiSt Open Files, and it does just that information about files that are open by the processes running on a UNIX system.
We can use yum or dnf to install lsof on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lsof.
Install lsof on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install lsof using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lsof
Install lsof 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 lsof using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lsof
How To Uninstall lsof on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the lsof package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lsof
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsof on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.