How To Install publicsuffix-list on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install publicsuffix-list on CentOS 7. publicsuffix-list is Cross-vendor public domain suffix database

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install publicsuffix-list on CentOS 7.

What is publicsuffix-list

The Public Suffix List is a cross-vendor initiative to provide an accurate list of domain name suffixes, maintained by the hard work of Mozilla volunteers and by submissions from registries. Software using the Public Suffix List will be able to determine where cookies may and may not be set, protecting the user from being tracked across sites.

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

Install publicsuffix-list on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install publicsuffix-list

Install publicsuffix-list 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 publicsuffix-list using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install publicsuffix-list

How To Uninstall publicsuffix-list on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the publicsuffix-list package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove publicsuffix-list

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Summary

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