How To Install auter on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install auter on Rocky Linux 8. auter is Prepare and apply updates

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install auter on Rocky Linux 8.

What is auter

auter (optionally) pre-downloads updates and then runs automatically on a set schedule, optionally rebooting to finish applying the updates.

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

Install auter 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 auter using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install auter

Install auter 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 auter using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install auter

How To Uninstall auter on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the auter package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove auter

auter Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/auter
/etc/auter/auter.conf
/etc/auter/post-apply.d
/etc/auter/post-prep.d
/etc/auter/post-reboot.d
/etc/auter/pre-apply.d
/etc/auter/pre-prep.d
/etc/auter/pre-reboot.d
/etc/cron.d/auter
/run/auter
/run/auter/auter.pid
/usr/bin/auter
/usr/lib/auter
/usr/lib/auter/auter.module
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/auter.conf
/usr/share/doc/auter
/usr/share/doc/auter/MAINTAINERS.md
/usr/share/doc/auter/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/auter/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/auter
/usr/share/licenses/auter/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/auter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/auter.conf.5.gz
/var/cache/auter
/var/lib/auter

References

Summary

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