How To Install pdfgrep on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfgrep on CentOS 7.
What is pdfgrep
Pdfgrep is a tool, that works similar to grep, to search text in PDF files. It tries to be compatible with GNU grep, thus many of the favorite GNU grep options are supported. Pdfgrep can search many PDFs at once, even recursively in directories. It supports regular expressions (POSIX and PCRE), provides colored output and finally also support for password protected PDF files.
We can use yum or dnf to install pdfgrep on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pdfgrep.
Install pdfgrep on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pdfgrep using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pdfgrep
Install pdfgrep 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 pdfgrep using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pdfgrep
How To Uninstall pdfgrep on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pdfgrep package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pdfgrep
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfgrep on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.