How To Install console-bridge on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install console-bridge on CentOS 8.
What is console-bridge
A very lightweight set of macros that can be used for reporting information in libraries. The logged information can be forwarded to other systems.
We can use yum or dnf to install console-bridge on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install console-bridge.
Install console-bridge on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install console-bridge using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install console-bridge
Install console-bridge on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install console-bridge using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install console-bridge
How To Uninstall console-bridge on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the console-bridge package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove console-bridge
console-bridge Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/6dc1739fe1dab92823e075a3f14c287a1de342
/usr/lib64/libconsole_bridge.so.0.3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install console-bridge on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.