How To Install mozjs17 on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mozjs17 on CentOS 7.

What is mozjs17

JavaScript is the Netscape-developed object scripting language used in millions of web pages and server applications worldwide. Netscape’s JavaScript is a superset of the ECMA-262 Edition 3 (ECMAScript) standard scripting language, with only mild differences from the published standard. JavaScript is the Netscape-developed object scripting language used in millions of web pages and server applications worldwide. Netscape’s JavaScript is a superset of the ECMA-262 Edition 3 (ECMAScript) standard scripting language, with only mild differences from the published standard.

We can use yum or dnf to install mozjs17 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mozjs17.

Install mozjs17 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mozjs17 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mozjs17

Install mozjs17 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 mozjs17 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mozjs17

How To Uninstall mozjs17 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the mozjs17 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mozjs17

References

• mozjs17 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mozjs17 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.