How To Install mirrorbrain-tools on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mirrorbrain-tools on CentOS 7.
What is mirrorbrain-tools
MirrorBrain is a scalable download redirector. This package contains utilities provided by the MirrorBrain framework to maintain the database and scan mirrors.
We can use yum or dnf to install mirrorbrain-tools on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mirrorbrain-tools.
Install mirrorbrain-tools 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-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mirrorbrain-tools
Install mirrorbrain-tools 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-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mirrorbrain-tools
How To Uninstall mirrorbrain-tools on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the mirrorbrain-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mirrorbrain-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mirrorbrain-tools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.