How To Install git-daemon on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-daemon on Rocky Linux 8. git-daemon is Git protocol daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-daemon on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `git-daemon`

The git daemon for supporting git

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

Install git-daemon 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 git-daemon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install git-daemon

Install git-daemon 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 git-daemon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install git-daemon

How To Uninstall git-daemon on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the git-daemon package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove git-daemon

git-daemon Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/b153ea9611337d1cee20e285640376f2442de5
/usr/lib/systemd/system/git.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-daemon
/usr/share/doc/git/git-daemon.html
/usr/share/doc/git/git-daemon.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/git-daemon.1.gz
/var/lib/git

References

git-daemon website

Summary

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