How To Install snapper-libs on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install snapper-libs on CentOS 7. snapper-libs is Library for filesystem snapshot management

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install snapper-libs on CentOS 7.

What is snapper-libs

This package contains the snapper shared library for filesystem snapshot management. This package contains the snapper shared library for filesystem snapshot management.

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

Install snapper-libs on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install snapper-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install snapper-libs

Install snapper-libs 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 snapper-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install snapper-libs

How To Uninstall snapper-libs on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the snapper-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove snapper-libs

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Summary

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