How To Install popt-static on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install popt-static on CentOS 7. popt-static is Static library for parsing command line parameters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install popt-static on CentOS 7.

What is popt-static

The popt-static package includes static libraries of the popt library. Install it if you need to link statically with libpopt. The popt-static package includes static libraries of the popt library. Install it if you need to link statically with libpopt.

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

Install popt-static on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install popt-static

Install popt-static 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 popt-static using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install popt-static

How To Uninstall popt-static on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the popt-static package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove popt-static

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Summary

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