How To Install rarian on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rarian on CentOS 7. rarian is Documentation meta-data library

Introduction

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

What is rarian

Rarian is a documentation meta-data library that allows access to documents, man pages and info pages. It was designed as a replacement for scrollkeeper. Rarian is a documentation meta-data library that allows access to documents, man pages and info pages. It was designed as a replacement for scrollkeeper.

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

Install rarian on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install rarian

Install rarian 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 rarian using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rarian

How To Uninstall rarian on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove rarian

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Summary

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