How To Install lsof on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsof on CentOS 8.
What is lsof
Lsof stands for LiSt Open Files, and it does just that about files that are open by the processes running on a UNIX system.
We can use yum or dnf to install lsof on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lsof.
Install lsof 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 lsof using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lsof
Install lsof 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 lsof using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lsof
How To Uninstall lsof on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the lsof package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lsof
lsof Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/lsof
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/ef20528900e2b1489989b4f4934408bf3636dc
/usr/share/doc/lsof
/usr/share/doc/lsof/00CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/lsof/00FAQ
/usr/share/doc/lsof/00LSOF-L
/usr/share/doc/lsof/00QUICKSTART
/usr/share/doc/lsof/00README
/usr/share/man/man1/lsof.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsof on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.