How To Install openvas-cli on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvas-cli on CentOS 7.
What is openvas-cli
OpenVAS CLI contains the command line tool “omp” which allows to create batch processes to drive OpenVAS Manager.
We can use yum or dnf to install openvas-cli on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openvas-cli.
Install openvas-cli on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install openvas-cli using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openvas-cli
Install openvas-cli 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 openvas-cli using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openvas-cli
How To Uninstall openvas-cli on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the openvas-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openvas-cli
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvas-cli on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
