How To Install maven-scm on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-scm on CentOS 7. maven-scm is Common API for doing SCM operations

Introduction

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

What is maven-scm

Maven SCM supports Maven plugins (e.g. maven-release-plugin) and other tools (e.g. Continuum) in providing them a common API for doing SCM operations.

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

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

sudo yum -y install maven-scm

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

sudo dnf -y install maven-scm

How To Uninstall maven-scm on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove maven-scm

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Summary

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