How To Install xulrunner on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xulrunner on CentOS 7.
What is xulrunner
XULRunner is a Mozilla runtime package that can be used to bootstrap XUL+XPCOM applications that are as rich as Firefox and Thunderbird. It provides mechanisms for installing, upgrading, and uninstalling these applications. XULRunner also provides libxul, a solution which allows the embedding of Mozilla technologies in other projects and products. XULRunner is a Mozilla runtime package that can be used to bootstrap XUL+XPCOM applications that are as rich as Firefox and Thunderbird. It provides mechanisms for installing, upgrading, and uninstalling these applications. XULRunner also provides libxul, a solution which allows the embedding of Mozilla technologies in other projects and products.
We can use yum or dnf to install xulrunner on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xulrunner.
Install xulrunner on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xulrunner using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xulrunner
Install xulrunner 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 xulrunner using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xulrunner
How To Uninstall xulrunner on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xulrunner package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xulrunner
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xulrunner on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.