How To Install pan on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pan on CentOS 7. pan is A Usenet newsreader for GNOME/GTK+

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pan on CentOS 7.

What is pan

Pan is a Usenet newsreader which attempts to be pleasant to new and advanced users alike. It has all the standard newsreaders features and also supports offline reading, scoring and killfiles, yEnc, NZB, PGP handling, multiple servers, and secure connections. It is also the only Unix newsreader to get a perfect score on the Good Net-Keeping Seal of Approval evaluations.

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

Install pan on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install pan using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pan

Install pan 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 pan using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pan

How To Uninstall pan on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the pan package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pan

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Summary

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