How To Install rpm-git-tag-sort on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-git-tag-sort on CentOS 8.
What is rpm-git-tag-sort
Sorts git annotated tags of Name-Version-Release form according to topology (primary criterion) and rpm version sorting (secondary criterion). Outputs only merged tags (i.e. those that reachable from the current HEAD).
We can use yum or dnf to install rpm-git-tag-sort on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rpm-git-tag-sort.
Install rpm-git-tag-sort 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 rpm-git-tag-sort using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rpm-git-tag-sort
Install rpm-git-tag-sort 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 rpm-git-tag-sort using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rpm-git-tag-sort
How To Uninstall rpm-git-tag-sort on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rpm-git-tag-sort package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rpm-git-tag-sort
rpm-git-tag-sort Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/rpm-git-tag-sort
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/6f57a34008519384d2d9602f74015f0cb41697
/usr/share/licenses/rpm-git-tag-sort
/usr/share/licenses/rpm-git-tag-sort/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-git-tag-sort on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.