How To Install slrn-pull on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slrn-pull on CentOS 7.
What is slrn-pull
The slrn-pull package provides the slrnpull utility, which allows you to set up a small news spool for offline news reading using the SLRN news reader. You also need to have the slrn package installed to use the slrnpull utility.
We can use yum or dnf to install slrn-pull on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slrn-pull.
Install slrn-pull on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install slrn-pull using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install slrn-pull
Install slrn-pull 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 slrn-pull using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install slrn-pull
How To Uninstall slrn-pull on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the slrn-pull package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove slrn-pull
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slrn-pull on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
