How To Install shc on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install shc on CentOS 7. shc is Shell script compiler

Introduction

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

What is shc

SHC is a generic shell script compiler. It takes a script, which is specified on the command line and produces C source code. The generated source code is then compiled and linked to produce a s- tripped binary.

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

Install shc on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install shc

Install shc 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 shc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install shc

How To Uninstall shc on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove shc

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Summary

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