How To Install WALinuxAgent-udev on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install WALinuxAgent-udev on Rocky Linux 8. WALinuxAgent-udev is Udev rules for Microsoft Azure

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install WALinuxAgent-udev on Rocky Linux 8.

What is WALinuxAgent-udev

Udev rules specific to Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines.

We can use yum or dnf to install WALinuxAgent-udev on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install WALinuxAgent-udev.

Install WALinuxAgent-udev on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install WALinuxAgent-udev using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install WALinuxAgent-udev

Install WALinuxAgent-udev on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install WALinuxAgent-udev

How To Uninstall WALinuxAgent-udev on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the WALinuxAgent-udev package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove WALinuxAgent-udev

WALinuxAgent-udev Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/66-azure-storage.rules
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/99-azure-product-uuid.rules

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install WALinuxAgent-udev on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.