How To Install perl-Lucy on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Lucy on CentOS 7. perl-Lucy is Search engine library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Lucy on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Lucy

Lucy is a loose port of the Java search engine library Apache Lucene, written in Perl and C. The archetypal application is website search, but it can be put to many different uses.

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

Install perl-Lucy on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Lucy

Install perl-Lucy 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 perl-Lucy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Lucy

How To Uninstall perl-Lucy on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-Lucy package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Lucy

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Summary

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