How To Install scl-utils on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scl-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is scl-utils

Run-time utility for alternative packaging.

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

Install scl-utils 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 scl-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install scl-utils

Install scl-utils 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 scl-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install scl-utils

How To Uninstall scl-utils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the scl-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove scl-utils

scl-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/bash_completion.d/scl
/etc/profile.d/scl-init.csh
/etc/profile.d/scl-init.sh
/etc/scl
/etc/scl/conf
/etc/scl/func_scl.csh
/etc/scl/modulefiles
/etc/scl/prefixes
/usr/bin/scl
/usr/bin/scl_enabled
/usr/bin/scl_source
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/a25ab340873da95c70371b4cfff022c7e1ddd8
/usr/share/doc/scl-utils
/usr/share/doc/scl-utils/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/scl.1.gz

References

• scl-utils website

Summary

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