How To Install opa-address-resolution on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install opa-address-resolution on CentOS 7. opa-address-resolution is OPA Address Resolution manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opa-address-resolution on CentOS 7.

What is opa-address-resolution

This package contains the ibacm distributed SA provider (dsap) for name and address resolution on OPA platform. It also contains the library and tools to access the shared memory database exported by dsap.

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

Install opa-address-resolution on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install opa-address-resolution using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install opa-address-resolution

Install opa-address-resolution 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 opa-address-resolution using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install opa-address-resolution

How To Uninstall opa-address-resolution on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the opa-address-resolution package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove opa-address-resolution

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opa-address-resolution on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.