How To Install msgpack on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install msgpack on CentOS 7. msgpack is Binary-based efficient object serialization library

Introduction

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

What is msgpack

MessagePack is a binary-based efficient object serialization library. It enables to exchange structured objects between many languages like JSON. But unlike JSON, it is very fast and small.

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

Install msgpack on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install msgpack

Install msgpack 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 msgpack using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install msgpack

How To Uninstall msgpack on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove msgpack

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Summary

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