How To Install preproc-rpmspec on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install preproc-rpmspec on CentOS 7. preproc-rpmspec is Minimalistic tool for rpm spec-file preprocessing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install preproc-rpmspec on CentOS 7.

What is preproc-rpmspec

Minimalistic tool to perform rpm spec-file preprocessing by using preproc utilility and rpkg-macros. It can preprocess an rpm spec file and print the result to stdout or to a file.

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

Install preproc-rpmspec on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install preproc-rpmspec

Install preproc-rpmspec 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 preproc-rpmspec using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install preproc-rpmspec

How To Uninstall preproc-rpmspec on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the preproc-rpmspec package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove preproc-rpmspec

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Summary

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