How To Install procenv on CentOS 8

procenv is Utility to show process environment

Introduction

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

What is procenv

This package contains a command-line tool that displays as much detail about itself and its environment as possible. It can be used as a test tool, to understand the type of environment a process runs in, and for comparing system environments.

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

Install procenv 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 procenv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install procenv

Install procenv 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 procenv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install procenv

How To Uninstall procenv on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove procenv

procenv Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/procenv
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/1b5425536174afc15d8a44c761381058468fbd
/usr/share/doc/procenv
/usr/share/doc/procenv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/procenv/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/procenv/README.md
/usr/share/doc/procenv/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/procenv
/usr/share/licenses/procenv/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/procenv.1.gz

References

Summary

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