How To Install mkdocs on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkdocs on CentOS 7.
What is mkdocs
MkDocs is a fast and simple way to create a website from source files written in Markdown, and configured with a YAML configuration file, the documentation can be hosted anywhere, even in free hosting services like Read the Docs and GitHub Pages. MkDocs is Python powered, this package is built with Python 3.
We can use yum or dnf to install mkdocs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mkdocs.
Install mkdocs on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install mkdocs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mkdocs
Install mkdocs 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 mkdocs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mkdocs
How To Uninstall mkdocs on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the mkdocs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mkdocs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkdocs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
