How To Install cros-sftp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-sftp on Rocky Linux 8. cros-sftp is SFTP service files for CrOS integration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-sftp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is cros-sftp

This package installs unit-files and support scripts for enabling SFTP integration with Chromium OS.

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

Install cros-sftp 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 cros-sftp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cros-sftp

Install cros-sftp 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 cros-sftp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cros-sftp

How To Uninstall cros-sftp on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the cros-sftp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cros-sftp

cros-sftp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/systemd/system/cros-sftp.service
/usr/share/doc/cros-sftp
/usr/share/doc/cros-sftp/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/cros-sftp
/usr/share/licenses/cros-sftp/LICENSE

References

Summary

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