How To Install ptlib on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ptlib on CentOS 7.
What is ptlib
PTLib (Portable Tools Library) is a moderately large class library that has it’s genesis many years ago as PWLib (portable Windows Library), a method to product applications to run on both Microsoft Windows and Unix systems. It has also been ported to other systems such as Mac OSX, VxWorks and other embedded systems. It is supplied mainly to support the OPAL project, but that shouldn’t stop you from using it in whatever project you have in mind if you so desire. PTLib (Portable Tools Library) is a moderately large class library that has it’s genesis many years ago as PWLib (portable Windows Library), a method to product applications to run on both Microsoft Windows and Unix systems. It has also been ported to other systems such as Mac OSX, VxWorks and other embedded systems. It is supplied mainly to support the OPAL project, but that shouldn’t stop you from using it in whatever project you have in mind if you so desire.
We can use yum or dnf to install ptlib on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ptlib.
Install ptlib on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ptlib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ptlib
Install ptlib 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 ptlib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ptlib
How To Uninstall ptlib on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ptlib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ptlib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ptlib on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.