How To Install pps-tools on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pps-tools on CentOS 7. pps-tools is LinuxPPS user-space tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pps-tools on CentOS 7.

What is pps-tools

This package includes the LinuxPPS user-space tools.

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

Install pps-tools on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install pps-tools

Install pps-tools 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 pps-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pps-tools

How To Uninstall pps-tools on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the pps-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pps-tools

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Summary

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