How To Install unit-api on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unit-api on CentOS 7.
What is unit-api
The Unit of Measurement library provides a set of Java language programming interfaces for handling units and quantities. The interfaces provide a layer which separates client code, which would call the API, from library code, which implements the API. The specification contains Interfaces and abstract classes with methods for unit operations * Checking of unit compatibility * Expression of a quantity in various units * Arithmetic operations on units
We can use yum or dnf to install unit-api on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install unit-api.
Install unit-api on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install unit-api using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install unit-api
Install unit-api 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 unit-api using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install unit-api
How To Uninstall unit-api on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the unit-api package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove unit-api
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unit-api on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
