How To Install dateutils on CentOS 8

dateutils is Command-line date and time calculation, conversion, and comparison

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dateutils on CentOS 8.

What is `dateutils`

Tools which revolve around fiddling with dates and times on the command line, with a strong focus on use cases that arise when dealing with large amounts of financial data.

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

Install dateutils 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 dateutils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dateutils

Install dateutils 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 dateutils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dateutils

How To Uninstall dateutils on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove dateutils

dateutils Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/dateadd
/usr/bin/dateconv
/usr/bin/datediff
/usr/bin/dategrep
/usr/bin/dateround
/usr/bin/dateseq
/usr/bin/datesort
/usr/bin/datetest
/usr/bin/datezone
/usr/bin/strptime
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/2c63a1266c18029e3764f50a151090cd204209
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/4a0f6c12dce357b39a98585ef5df94aa727369
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/08b29fa8bff517cd1913e5e7936371b6985bb1
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/4e9b27bb0bc68ea37e4f44f678e78f877f1c1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/f5e991e1a641a75f8450c226d5eeade30f2bd8
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/3adb5ea57c03e01ee868a99a7e393d06d104ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/8921eaf9bfa9f5a5b627fb8e3dc7bf65ac568b
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/23090d456461cb98361cdce6fc73b0a7c6713a
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/ea0cc914c47dc5955febbdc9733e1cc35281b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/f11861f174f587e727ae62d38dff8cb05b467a
/usr/share/dateutils
/usr/share/dateutils/iata.tzmcc
/usr/share/dateutils/icao.tzmcc
/usr/share/dateutils/locale
/usr/share/dateutils/mic.tzmcc
/usr/share/doc/dateutils
/usr/share/doc/dateutils/README.md
/usr/share/info/dateutils.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/dateutils
/usr/share/licenses/dateutils/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/dateadd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dateconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/datediff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dategrep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dateround.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dateseq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/datesort.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/datetest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dateutils.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/datezone.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/strptime.1.gz

References

dateutils website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dateutils on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.