How To Install tcl-xapian on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-xapian on CentOS 7. tcl-xapian is Files needed for developing TCL scripts which use Xapian

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-xapian on CentOS 7.

What is tcl-xapian

Xapian is an Open Source Probabilistic Information Retrieval framework. It offers a highly adaptable toolkit that allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to applications. This package provides the files needed for developing TCL scripts which use Xapian

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

Install tcl-xapian on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install tcl-xapian using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tcl-xapian

Install tcl-xapian 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 tcl-xapian using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tcl-xapian

How To Uninstall tcl-xapian on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the tcl-xapian package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tcl-xapian

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Summary

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