How To Install sysfsutils on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install sysfsutils on CentOS 7. sysfsutils is Utilities for interfacing with sysfs

Introduction

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

What is sysfsutils

This package’s purpose is to provide a set of utilities for interfacing with sysfs.

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

Install sysfsutils on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install sysfsutils

Install sysfsutils 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 sysfsutils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sysfsutils

How To Uninstall sysfsutils on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove sysfsutils

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Summary

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