How To Install sunwait on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install sunwait on CentOS 7. sunwait is Calculate sunrise, sunset, twilight

Introduction

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

What is sunwait

Sunwait is a small C program for calculating sunrise and sunset, as well as civil, nautical, and astronomical twilights. It has features that make it useful for home automation tasks.

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

Install sunwait on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install sunwait

Install sunwait 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 sunwait using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sunwait

How To Uninstall sunwait on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove sunwait

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Summary

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