How To Install paho-c on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install paho-c on CentOS 7. paho-c is MQTT C Client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install paho-c on CentOS 7.

What is paho-c

The Paho MQTT C Client is a fully fledged MQTT client written in C.

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

Install paho-c on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install paho-c using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install paho-c

Install paho-c 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 paho-c using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install paho-c

How To Uninstall paho-c on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the paho-c package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove paho-c

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install paho-c on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.