How To Install shtool on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install shtool on CentOS 7. shtool is Portable shell tool

Introduction

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

What is shtool

GNU shtool is a compilation of small but very stable and portable shell scripts into a single shell tool. All ingredients were in successful use over many years in various free software projects. The compiled shtool program is intended to be used inside the source tree of other free software packages. There it can overtake various (usually non-portable) tasks related to the building and installation of such a package. It especially can replace the old mkdir.sh, install.sh and related scripts.

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

Install shtool on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install shtool

Install shtool 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 shtool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install shtool

How To Uninstall shtool on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove shtool

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Summary

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