How To Install redhat-support-tool on CentOS 8
redhat-support-tool is Tool for console access to Red Hat subscriber services
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install redhat-support-tool on CentOS 8.
What is redhat-support-tool
This package contains the Red Hat Support Tool. The Red Hat Support Tool provides console based access to Red Hat’s subscriber services. These services include, but are not limited to, console based access to knowledge-base solutions, case management, automated diagnostic services, etc.
We can use yum or dnf to install redhat-support-tool on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install redhat-support-tool.
Install redhat-support-tool 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 redhat-support-tool using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install redhat-support-tool
Install redhat-support-tool 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 redhat-support-tool using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install redhat-support-tool
How To Uninstall redhat-support-tool on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the redhat-support-tool package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove redhat-support-tool
redhat-support-tool Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/redhat-support-tool
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redhat_support_tool
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redhat_support_tool/__init__.py
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References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install redhat-support-tool on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.