How To Install yum-plugin-merge-conf on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-merge-conf on CentOS 7.
What is yum-plugin-merge-conf
This yum plugin adds the “–merge-conf” command line option. With this option, Yum will ask you what to do with config files which have changed on updating a package.
We can use yum or dnf to install yum-plugin-merge-conf on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install yum-plugin-merge-conf.
Install yum-plugin-merge-conf on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install yum-plugin-merge-conf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install yum-plugin-merge-conf
Install yum-plugin-merge-conf 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 yum-plugin-merge-conf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install yum-plugin-merge-conf
How To Uninstall yum-plugin-merge-conf on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the yum-plugin-merge-conf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove yum-plugin-merge-conf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-merge-conf on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
