How To Install appx-util on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install appx-util on Rocky Linux 8. appx-util is Utility to create Microsoft .appx packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install appx-util on Rocky Linux 8.

What is appx-util

appx is a tool which creates and optionally signs Microsoft Windows APPX packages.

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

Install appx-util 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 appx-util using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install appx-util

Install appx-util 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 appx-util using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install appx-util

How To Uninstall appx-util on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the appx-util package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove appx-util

appx-util Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/appx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/3e7b3c5b483fc61a1fc5893ee84eb7b2132e7a
/usr/share/doc/appx-util
/usr/share/doc/appx-util/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/appx-util/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/appx-util
/usr/share/licenses/appx-util/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/appx-util/LICENSE-BSD
/usr/share/licenses/appx-util/LICENSING.md

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Summary

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