How To Install units on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install units on Rocky Linux 8. units is A utility for converting amounts from one unit to another

Introduction

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

What is units

Units converts an amount from one unit to another, or tells you what mathematical operation you need to perform to convert from one unit to another. The units program can handle multiplicative scale changes as well as conversions such as Fahrenheit to Celsius.

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

Install units 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 units using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install units

Install units 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 units using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install units

How To Uninstall units on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove units

units Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/units
/usr/bin/units_cur
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/9eb44b61a928f2c04c0220a73f6cd1ac990aee
/usr/share/doc/units
/usr/share/doc/units/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/units/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/units/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/units/README
/usr/share/info/units.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/units.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/units_cur.1.gz
/usr/share/units
/usr/share/units/currency.units
/usr/share/units/definitions.units
/usr/share/units/locale_map.txt
/var/lib/units
/var/lib/units/currency.units

References

Summary

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