How To Install xclip on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xclip on CentOS 7.
What is xclip
xclip is a command line utility that is designed to run on any system with an X11 implementation. It provides an interface to X selections (“the clipboard”) from the command line. It can read data from standard in or a file and place it in an X selection for pasting into other X applications. xclip can also print an X selection to standard out, which can then be redirected to a file or another program.
We can use yum or dnf to install xclip on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xclip.
Install xclip on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xclip using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xclip
Install xclip 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 xclip using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xclip
How To Uninstall xclip on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xclip package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xclip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xclip on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.