How To Install postbooks on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install postbooks on CentOS 7. postbooks is xTuple Accounting/ERP suite desktop client

Introduction

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

What is postbooks

A full-featured, fully-integrated business management system, the core of the award winning xTuple ERP Suite. Built with the open source PostgreSQL database and the open source Qt framework for C++, it provides the ultimate in power and flexibility for a range of businesses and industries of any size. This package contains the GUI. Install it on any workstation that needs access to the PostBooks database. There is no server component other than an instance of PostgreSQL itself.

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

Install postbooks on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install postbooks

Install postbooks 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 postbooks using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install postbooks

How To Uninstall postbooks on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove postbooks

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Summary

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