How To Install banner on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install banner
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is banner
Classic-style banner program similar to the one found in Solaris or AIX. The banner program prints a short string to the console in very large letters.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install banner
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install banner.
Install banner 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 banner
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install banner
Install banner 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 banner
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install banner
How To Uninstall banner on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the banner
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove banner
banner Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/banner
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/5ebc202fd83205eedf6644daf2af75a132d211
/usr/share/doc/banner
/usr/share/doc/banner/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/banner/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/banner/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/banner/README
/usr/share/man/man1/banner.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install banner
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.