How To Install quilt on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install quilt on CentOS 7. quilt is Scripts for working with series of patches

Introduction

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

What is quilt

These scripts allow one to manage a series of patches by keeping track of the changes each patch makes. Patches can be applied, un-applied, refreshed, etc. The scripts are heavily based on Andrew Morton’s patch scripts found at http

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

Install quilt on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install quilt

Install quilt 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 quilt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install quilt

How To Uninstall quilt on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove quilt

References

Summary

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