How To Install rhncfg-management on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rhncfg-management on Rocky Linux 8. rhncfg-management is Spacewalk Configuration Management Client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rhncfg-management on Rocky Linux 8.

What is rhncfg-management

A command line interface used to manage Spacewalk configuration.

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

Install rhncfg-management 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 rhncfg-management using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rhncfg-management

Install rhncfg-management 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 rhncfg-management using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rhncfg-management

How To Uninstall rhncfg-management on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the rhncfg-management package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rhncfg-management

rhncfg-management Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhncfg-manager.conf
/usr/bin/rhncfg-manager
/usr/share/man/man8/rhncfg-manager.8.gz

References

Summary

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