How To Install debconf-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-utils on Rocky Linux 8. debconf-utils is This package contains some small utilities for debconf developers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is debconf-utils

This package contains some small utilities for debconf developers.

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

Install debconf-utils 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 debconf-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install debconf-utils

Install debconf-utils 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 debconf-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install debconf-utils

How To Uninstall debconf-utils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the debconf-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove debconf-utils

debconf-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/debconf-get-selections
/usr/bin/debconf-getlang
/usr/bin/debconf-loadtemplate
/usr/bin/debconf-mergetemplate
/usr/share/doc/debconf-utils
/usr/share/doc/debconf-utils/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/debconf-utils/changelog
/usr/share/doc/debconf-utils/copyright
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-get-selections.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-getlang.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-loadtemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-mergetemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-get-selections.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-getlang.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-loadtemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-mergetemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-get-selections.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-getlang.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-loadtemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-mergetemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man1/debconf-getlang.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man1/debconf-loadtemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-get-selections.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-getlang.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-loadtemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-mergetemplate.1.gz

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Summary

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