How To Install opengl-games-utils on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opengl-games-utils on CentOS 7.
What is opengl-games-utils
This package contains various shell scripts which are intented for use by 3D games packages. These shell scripts can be used to check if direct rendering is available before launching an OpenGL game. This package is intended for use by other packages and is not intended for direct end user use!
We can use yum or dnf to install opengl-games-utils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install opengl-games-utils.
Install opengl-games-utils on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install opengl-games-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install opengl-games-utils
Install opengl-games-utils 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 opengl-games-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install opengl-games-utils
How To Uninstall opengl-games-utils on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the opengl-games-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove opengl-games-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opengl-games-utils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
