How To Install rpm-libs on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-libs on CentOS 7. rpm-libs is Libraries for manipulating RPM packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-libs on CentOS 7.

What is rpm-libs

This package contains the RPM shared libraries.

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

Install rpm-libs on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install rpm-libs

Install rpm-libs 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 rpm-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpm-libs

How To Uninstall rpm-libs on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the rpm-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rpm-libs

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Summary

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