How To Install rhn-setup on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhn-setup on Rocky Linux 8.
What is rhn-setup
rhn-setup contains programs and utilities to configure a system to use Red Hat Satellite or Spacewalk, and to register a system with a Red Hat Satellite or Spacewalk server.
We can use yum or dnf to install rhn-setup on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rhn-setup.
Install rhn-setup 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 rhn-setup using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rhn-setup
Install rhn-setup 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 rhn-setup using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rhn-setup
How To Uninstall rhn-setup on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the rhn-setup package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rhn-setup
rhn-setup Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/pam.d/rhn_register
/etc/security/console.apps/rhn_register
/usr/bin/rhn_register
/usr/sbin/rhn-channel
/usr/sbin/rhn_register
/usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks
/usr/sbin/spacewalk-channel
/usr/share/man/man8/rhn-channel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rhn_register.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rhnreg_ks.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/spacewalk-channel.8.gz
/usr/share/setuptool/setuptool.d/99rhn_register
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhn-setup on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
