How To Install unique3 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install unique3 on CentOS 7. unique3 is Single instance support for applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unique3 on CentOS 7.

What is unique3

Unique is a library for writing single instance applications, that is applications that are run once and every further call to the same binary either exits immediately or sends a command to the running instance. This version of unique works with GTK+ 3. Unique is a library for writing single instance applications, that is applications that are run once and every further call to the same binary either exits immediately or sends a command to the running instance. This version of unique works with GTK+ 3.

We can use yum or dnf to install unique3 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install unique3.

Install unique3 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install unique3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install unique3

Install unique3 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 unique3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install unique3

How To Uninstall unique3 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the unique3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove unique3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install unique3 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.