How To Install snakeyaml on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install snakeyaml on CentOS 7. snakeyaml is YAML parser and emitter for the Java programming language

Introduction

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

What is snakeyaml

SnakeYAML features * a complete YAML 1.1 parser. In particular, SnakeYAML can parse all examples from the specification. * Unicode support including UTF-8/UTF-16 input/output. * high-level API for serializing and deserializing native Java objects. * support for all types from the YAML types repository. * relatively sensible error messages.

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

Install snakeyaml on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install snakeyaml

Install snakeyaml 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 snakeyaml using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install snakeyaml

How To Uninstall snakeyaml on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove snakeyaml

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Summary

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