How To Install postgis-docs on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgis-docs on CentOS 7. postgis-docs is Extra documentation for PostGIS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgis-docs on CentOS 7.

What is postgis-docs

The postgis-docs package includes PDF documentation of PostGIS.

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

Install postgis-docs on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install postgis-docs

Install postgis-docs 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 postgis-docs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install postgis-docs

How To Uninstall postgis-docs on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the postgis-docs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove postgis-docs

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Summary

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