How To Install xpa on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xpa on CentOS 7.
What is xpa
The XPA messaging system provides seamless communication between many kinds of Unix programs, including X programs and Tcl/Tk programs. It also provides an easy way for users to communicate with these XPA-enabled programs by executing XPA client commands in the shell or by utilizing such commands in scripts. This package contains command-line utilities for managing XPA.
We can use yum or dnf to install xpa on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xpa.
Install xpa on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xpa using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xpa
Install xpa 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 xpa using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xpa
How To Uninstall xpa on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xpa package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xpa
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xpa on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
