How To Install pdsh on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdsh on Rocky Linux 8. pdsh is Parallel remote shell program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdsh on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pdsh

Pdsh is a multithreaded remote shell client which executes commands on multiple remote hosts in parallel. Pdsh can use several different remote shell services, including standard “rsh”, Kerberos IV, and ssh.

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

Install pdsh 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 pdsh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pdsh

Install pdsh 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 pdsh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pdsh

How To Uninstall pdsh on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pdsh package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pdsh

pdsh Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/dshbak
/usr/bin/pdcp
/usr/bin/pdsh
/usr/bin/rpdcp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/1904206529884ad20940b1710a39fee8d1799b
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/1904206529884ad20940b1710a39fee8d1799b.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/1904206529884ad20940b1710a39fee8d1799b.2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/c6016b41ece502fba894abf5d88246fa9bb561
/usr/lib64/pdsh
/usr/lib64/pdsh/execcmd.so
/usr/share/doc/pdsh
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/DISCLAIMER.LLNS
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/DISCLAIMER.UC
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/README
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/README.KRB4
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/README.modules
/usr/share/licenses/pdsh
/usr/share/licenses/pdsh/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dshbak.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pdcp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pdsh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rpdcp.1.gz

References

Summary

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