How To Install platform on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install platform on CentOS 7. platform is Platform support library used by libCEC and binary add-ons for

Introduction

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

What is platform

Platform support library used by libCEC and binary add-ons for Kodi.

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

Install platform on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install platform

Install platform 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 platform using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install platform

How To Uninstall platform on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove platform

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Summary

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