How To Install rhn-custom-info on CentOS 8

rhn-custom-info is Set and list custom values for RHN-enabled machines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rhn-custom-info on CentOS 8.

What is rhn-custom-info

Allows for the setting and listing of custom key/value pairs for an RHN-enabled system.

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

Install rhn-custom-info 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 rhn-custom-info using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rhn-custom-info

Install rhn-custom-info 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 rhn-custom-info using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rhn-custom-info

How To Uninstall rhn-custom-info on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the rhn-custom-info package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rhn-custom-info

rhn-custom-info Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/rhn-custom-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/custominfo
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/custominfo/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/custominfo/__pycache__/rhn-custom-info.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/custominfo/__pycache__/rhn-custom-info.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/custominfo/rhn-custom-info.py
/usr/share/doc/rhn-custom-info
/usr/share/doc/rhn-custom-info/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/rhn-custom-info.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rhn-custom-info on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.