How To Install os-prober on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install os-prober on CentOS 7.
What is os-prober
This package detects other OSes available on a system and outputs the results in a generic machine-readable format. Support for new OSes and Linux distributions can be added easily.
We can use yum or dnf to install os-prober on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install os-prober.
Install os-prober on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install os-prober using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install os-prober
Install os-prober 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 os-prober using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install os-prober
How To Uninstall os-prober on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the os-prober package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove os-prober
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install os-prober on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
