How To Install socialscan on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install socialscan on Rocky Linux 8. socialscan is CLI and library for usage checking of user names and email addresses

Introduction

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

What is socialscan

socialscan offers accurate and fast checks for email address and user name usage on online platforms. Given an email address or user name, socialscan returns whether it is available, taken or invalid on online platforms.

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

Install socialscan 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 socialscan using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install socialscan

Install socialscan 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 socialscan using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install socialscan

How To Uninstall socialscan on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove socialscan

socialscan Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/socialscan

References

Summary

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