How To Install maven-dependency-analyzer on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-dependency-analyzer on CentOS 7. maven-dependency-analyzer is Maven dependency analyzer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-dependency-analyzer on CentOS 7.

What is maven-dependency-analyzer

Analyzes the dependencies of a project for undeclared or unused artifacts. Warning some cases are not detected (constants, annotations with source-only retention, links in javadoc) which can lead to wrong result if they are the only use of a dependency.

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

Install maven-dependency-analyzer on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install maven-dependency-analyzer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install maven-dependency-analyzer

Install maven-dependency-analyzer 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 maven-dependency-analyzer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install maven-dependency-analyzer

How To Uninstall maven-dependency-analyzer on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the maven-dependency-analyzer package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove maven-dependency-analyzer

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-dependency-analyzer on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.