How To Install maven-downloader on CentOS 7

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

Introduction

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

What is maven-downloader

Provide a super simple interface for downloading a single artifact. This is a replacement package for maven-shared-downloader

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

Install maven-downloader 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-downloader using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install maven-downloader

Install maven-downloader 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-downloader using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install maven-downloader

How To Uninstall maven-downloader on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove maven-downloader

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Summary

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