How To Install pdc-updater on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdc-updater on CentOS 7. pdc-updater is Update the product definition center in response to fedmsg

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdc-updater on CentOS 7.

What is pdc-updater

Fedmsg consumer that listens to activity on the Fedora message bus, and updates the Product Definition Center database in response.

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

Install pdc-updater on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install pdc-updater

Install pdc-updater 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 pdc-updater using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pdc-updater

How To Uninstall pdc-updater on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the pdc-updater package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pdc-updater

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Summary

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