How To Install yelp-tools on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install yelp-tools on CentOS 7. yelp-tools is Create, manage, and publish documentation for Yelp

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yelp-tools on CentOS 7.

What is yelp-tools

yelp-tools is a collection of scripts and build utilities to help create, manage, and publish documentation for Yelp and the web. Most of the heavy lifting is done by packages like yelp-xsl and itstool. This package just wraps things up in a developer-friendly way.

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

Install yelp-tools on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install yelp-tools

Install yelp-tools 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 yelp-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install yelp-tools

How To Uninstall yelp-tools on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the yelp-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove yelp-tools

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Summary

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