How To Install subscription-manager on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install subscription-manager on CentOS 7.
What is subscription-manager
The Subscription Manager package provides programs and libraries to allow users to manage subscriptions and yum repositories from the Red Hat entitlement platform.
We can use yum or dnf to install subscription-manager on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install subscription-manager.
Install subscription-manager on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install subscription-manager using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install subscription-manager
Install subscription-manager 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 subscription-manager using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install subscription-manager
How To Uninstall subscription-manager on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the subscription-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove subscription-manager
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install subscription-manager on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
