How To Install yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache on CentOS 7. yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache is Yum plugin to access the rpmdb files early to warm up access to

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache on CentOS 7.

What is yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache

This plugin reads the rpmdb files into the system cache before accessing the rpmdb directly. In some cases this should speed up access to rpmdb information

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

Install yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache 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-rpm-warm-cache using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache

Install yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache 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-rpm-warm-cache using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache

How To Uninstall yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-rpm-warm-cache on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.