How To Install osinfo-db-tools on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install osinfo-db-tools on CentOS 7.
What is osinfo-db-tools
This package provides tools for managing the osinfo database of information about operating systems for use with virtualization
We can use yum or dnf to install osinfo-db-tools on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install osinfo-db-tools.
Install osinfo-db-tools on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install osinfo-db-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install osinfo-db-tools
Install osinfo-db-tools 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 osinfo-db-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install osinfo-db-tools
How To Uninstall osinfo-db-tools on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the osinfo-db-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove osinfo-db-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install osinfo-db-tools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
