How To Install mozilla-ublock-origin on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mozilla-ublock-origin on CentOS 7.

What is mozilla-ublock-origin

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

Install mozilla-ublock-origin on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mozilla-ublock-origin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mozilla-ublock-origin

Install mozilla-ublock-origin 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 mozilla-ublock-origin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mozilla-ublock-origin

How To Uninstall mozilla-ublock-origin on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the mozilla-ublock-origin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mozilla-ublock-origin

References

• mozilla-ublock-origin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mozilla-ublock-origin on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.