How To Install squashfs-tools on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install squashfs-tools on CentOS 7.
What is squashfs-tools
Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. This package contains the utilities for manipulating squashfs filesystems.
We can use yum or dnf to install squashfs-tools on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install squashfs-tools.
Install squashfs-tools on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install squashfs-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install squashfs-tools
Install squashfs-tools 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 squashfs-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install squashfs-tools
How To Uninstall squashfs-tools on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the squashfs-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove squashfs-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install squashfs-tools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
