How To Install convmv on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install convmv on Rocky Linux 8. convmv is Convert filename encodings

Introduction

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

What is convmv

This package contains the tool convmv with which you can convert the encodings of filenames, e.g. from Latin1 to UTF-8.

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

Install convmv 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 convmv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install convmv

Install convmv 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 convmv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install convmv

How To Uninstall convmv on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove convmv

convmv Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/convmv
/usr/share/doc/convmv
/usr/share/doc/convmv/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/convmv/Changes
/usr/share/doc/convmv/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/convmv
/usr/share/licenses/convmv/GPL2
/usr/share/man/man1/convmv.1.gz

References

Summary

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