How To Install multilib-rpm-config on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install multilib-rpm-config on CentOS 7. multilib-rpm-config is Multilib packaging helpers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install multilib-rpm-config on CentOS 7.

What is multilib-rpm-config

Set of tools (shell scripts, RPM macro files) to help with multilib packaging issues.

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

Install multilib-rpm-config on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install multilib-rpm-config using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install multilib-rpm-config

Install multilib-rpm-config 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 multilib-rpm-config using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install multilib-rpm-config

How To Uninstall multilib-rpm-config on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the multilib-rpm-config package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove multilib-rpm-config

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install multilib-rpm-config on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.