How To Install rhncfg-actions on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhncfg-actions on CentOS 8.
What is rhncfg-actions
The code required to run configuration actions scheduled via the RHN Classic website or Red Hat Satellite or Spacewalk.
We can use yum or dnf to install rhncfg-actions on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rhncfg-actions.
Install rhncfg-actions 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 rhncfg-actions using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rhncfg-actions
Install rhncfg-actions 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 rhncfg-actions using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rhncfg-actions
How To Uninstall rhncfg-actions on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rhncfg-actions package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rhncfg-actions
rhncfg-actions Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/clientCaps.d/configfiles
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/clientCaps.d/script
/usr/bin/rhn-actions-control
/usr/share/man/man8/rhn-actions-control.8.gz
/var/log/rhncfg-actions
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhncfg-actions on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.