How To Install rpmrebuild on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmrebuild on CentOS 7. rpmrebuild is A tool to build rpm file from rpm database

Introduction

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

What is rpmrebuild

A tool to build an RPM file from a package that has already been installed.

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

Install rpmrebuild on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install rpmrebuild

Install rpmrebuild 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 rpmrebuild using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpmrebuild

How To Uninstall rpmrebuild on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove rpmrebuild

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Summary

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