How To Install xapian-core on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-core on CentOS 7. xapian-core is The Xapian Probabilistic Information Retrieval Library

Introduction

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

What is `xapian-core`

Xapian is an Open Source Probabilistic Information Retrieval Library. It offers a highly adaptable toolkit that allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to applications

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

Install xapian-core on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install xapian-core

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

sudo dnf -y install xapian-core

How To Uninstall xapian-core on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove xapian-core

References

xapian-core website

Summary

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