How To Install genders-compat on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install genders-compat on CentOS 8.
What is genders-compat
Genders API that is compatible with earlier releases of genders.
We can use yum or dnf to install genders-compat on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install genders-compat.
Install genders-compat 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 genders-compat using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install genders-compat
Install genders-compat 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 genders-compat using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install genders-compat
How To Uninstall genders-compat on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the genders-compat package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove genders-compat
genders-compat Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/genders/gendlib.pl
/usr/lib/genders/hostlist.pl
/usr/share/doc/genders-compat
/usr/share/doc/genders-compat/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/genders-compat/DISCLAIMER
/usr/share/doc/genders-compat/DISCLAIMER.UC
/usr/share/man/man3/gendlib.3.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install genders-compat on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.