How To Install sword on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sword on AlmaLinux 8.
What is sword
The SWORD Project is the CrossWire Bible Society’s free Bible software project. Its purpose is to create cross-platform open-source tools– covered by the GNU General Public License– that allow programmers and Bible societies to write new Bible software more quickly and easily. We also create Bible study software for all readers, students, scholars, and translators of the Bible, and have a growing collection of over 200 texts in over 50 languages.
We can use yum or dnf to install sword on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sword.
Install sword on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install sword using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sword
Install sword on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install sword using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sword
How To Uninstall sword on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the sword package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sword
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sword on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
