How To Install mirrormanager2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mirrormanager2 on CentOS 7. mirrormanager2 is Mirror management application

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mirrormanager2 on CentOS 7.

What is mirrormanager2

MirrorManager keeps track of the public and private mirrors, that carry Fedora, EPEL, and RHEL content. It is used by the Fedora infrastructure as well as rpmfusion.org, a third-party repository. It automatically selects the “best” mirror for a given user based on a set of fallback heuristics (such as network, country or continent).

We can use yum or dnf to install mirrormanager2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mirrormanager2.

Install mirrormanager2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mirrormanager2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mirrormanager2

Install mirrormanager2 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 mirrormanager2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mirrormanager2

How To Uninstall mirrormanager2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the mirrormanager2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mirrormanager2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mirrormanager2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.