How To Install rpaste on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpaste on Rocky Linux 8. rpaste is Rocky Linux pastebin client based on steck

Introduction

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

What is rpaste

Rocky Linux pastebin client as a part of the of the Rocky Linux Extras repository. rpaste is based on steck with minimal patching to add functionality and allow pasting to the Rocky Linux paste bin.

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

Install rpaste 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 rpaste using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpaste

Install rpaste 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 rpaste using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpaste

How To Uninstall rpaste on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rpaste

rpaste Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/rpaste
/usr/share/licenses/rpaste
/usr/share/licenses/rpaste/LICENSE

References

Summary

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