How To Install moreutils-parallel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install moreutils-parallel on Rocky Linux 8. moreutils-parallel is Additional unix utility - parallel command

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install moreutils-parallel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is moreutils-parallel

This is a growing collection of the unix tools that nobody thought to write thirty years ago. This is a sub package containing the parallel command only. - parallel

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

Install moreutils-parallel 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 moreutils-parallel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install moreutils-parallel

Install moreutils-parallel 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 moreutils-parallel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install moreutils-parallel

How To Uninstall moreutils-parallel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the moreutils-parallel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove moreutils-parallel

moreutils-parallel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/parallel
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/6eb6fa525d53524a9f864831c04985ecf2e2a5
/usr/share/doc/moreutils-parallel
/usr/share/doc/moreutils-parallel/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/moreutils-parallel/README
/usr/share/man/man1/parallel.1.gz

References

Summary

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