How To Install man-db-cron on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install man-db-cron on Rocky Linux 8. man-db-cron is Periodic update of man-db cache

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install man-db-cron on Rocky Linux 8.

What is man-db-cron

This package provides periodic update of man-db cache.

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

Install man-db-cron 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 man-db-cron using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install man-db-cron

Install man-db-cron 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 man-db-cron using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install man-db-cron

How To Uninstall man-db-cron on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the man-db-cron package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove man-db-cron

man-db-cron Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/cron.daily/man-db.cron

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install man-db-cron on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.