How To Install debconf-utils on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-utils on CentOS 8.
What is debconf-utils
This package contains some small utilities for debconf developers.
We can use yum or dnf to install debconf-utils on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install debconf-utils.
Install debconf-utils 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 debconf-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install debconf-utils
Install debconf-utils 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 debconf-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install debconf-utils
How To Uninstall debconf-utils on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the debconf-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove debconf-utils
debconf-utils Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/debconf-get-selections
/usr/bin/debconf-getlang
/usr/bin/debconf-loadtemplate
/usr/bin/debconf-mergetemplate
/usr/share/doc/debconf-utils
/usr/share/doc/debconf-utils/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/debconf-utils/changelog
/usr/share/doc/debconf-utils/copyright
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-get-selections.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-getlang.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-loadtemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-mergetemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-get-selections.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-getlang.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-loadtemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-mergetemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-get-selections.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-getlang.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-loadtemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-mergetemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man1/debconf-getlang.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man1/debconf-loadtemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-get-selections.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-getlang.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-loadtemplate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-mergetemplate.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-utils on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.