How To Install setuptool on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install setuptool on CentOS 7. setuptool is A text mode system configuration tool

Introduction

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

What is setuptool

Setuptool is a user-friendly text mode menu utility which allows you to access all of the text mode configuration programs included in the operating system distribution.

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

Install setuptool on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install setuptool

Install setuptool 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 setuptool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install setuptool

How To Uninstall setuptool on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove setuptool

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Summary

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