How To Install pdsh on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdsh on CentOS 8.
What is pdsh
Pdsh is a multithreaded remote shell client which executes commands on multiple remote hosts in parallel. Pdsh can use several different remote shell services, including standard “rsh”, Kerberos IV, and ssh.
We can use yum or dnf to install pdsh on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pdsh.
Install pdsh 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 pdsh using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pdsh
Install pdsh 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 pdsh using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pdsh
How To Uninstall pdsh on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pdsh package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pdsh
pdsh Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/dshbak
/usr/bin/pdcp
/usr/bin/pdsh
/usr/bin/rpdcp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/1904206529884ad20940b1710a39fee8d1799b
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/1904206529884ad20940b1710a39fee8d1799b.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/1904206529884ad20940b1710a39fee8d1799b.2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/c6016b41ece502fba894abf5d88246fa9bb561
/usr/lib64/pdsh
/usr/lib64/pdsh/execcmd.so
/usr/share/doc/pdsh
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/DISCLAIMER.LLNS
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/DISCLAIMER.UC
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/README
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/README.KRB4
/usr/share/doc/pdsh/README.modules
/usr/share/licenses/pdsh
/usr/share/licenses/pdsh/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dshbak.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pdcp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pdsh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rpdcp.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdsh on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.