How To Install qconf on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install qconf on CentOS 7. qconf is Tool for generating configure script for qmake-based projects

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qconf on CentOS 7.

What is qconf

QConf allows you to have a nice configure script for your qmake-based project. It is intended for developers who don’t need (or want) to use the more complex GNU autotools. With qconf/qmake, it is easy to maintain a cross-platform project that uses a familiar configuration interface on unix.

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

Install qconf on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install qconf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qconf

Install qconf 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 qconf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qconf

How To Uninstall qconf on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the qconf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qconf

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Summary

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