How To Install mirrorbrain on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mirrorbrain on CentOS 7. mirrorbrain is A download redirector and metalink generator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mirrorbrain on CentOS 7.

What is mirrorbrain

This apache module redirects clients to mirror servers, using an SQL backend, and generates metalinks.

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

Install mirrorbrain on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mirrorbrain using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mirrorbrain

Install mirrorbrain 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 mirrorbrain using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mirrorbrain

How To Uninstall mirrorbrain on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the mirrorbrain package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mirrorbrain

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Summary

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