How To Install apcupsd-gui on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install apcupsd-gui on Rocky Linux 8. apcupsd-gui is GUI interface for apcupsd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apcupsd-gui on Rocky Linux 8.

What is apcupsd-gui

A GUI interface to the APC UPS monitoring daemon.

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

Install apcupsd-gui 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 apcupsd-gui using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install apcupsd-gui

Install apcupsd-gui 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 apcupsd-gui using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install apcupsd-gui

How To Uninstall apcupsd-gui on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the apcupsd-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove apcupsd-gui

apcupsd-gui Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/gapcmon
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/c551ef54baf5337353c9813b1df205a2e41ce2
/usr/share/applications/fedora-gapcmon.desktop
/usr/share/pixmaps/apcupsd.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/apcupsd64x64.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/charging.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/gapc_prefs.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/onbatt.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/online.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/unplugged.png

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Summary

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