How To Install viking on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install viking on CentOS 7.
What is viking
Viking is a free/open source program to manage GPS data. You can import and plot tracks and waypoints, show OpenStreetMap and/or Terraserver maps under it, download geocaches for an area on the map, make new tracks and waypoints, see real-time GPS position, etc.
We can use yum or dnf to install viking on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install viking.
Install viking on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install viking using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install viking
Install viking 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 viking using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install viking
How To Uninstall viking on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the viking package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove viking
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install viking on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
