How To Install sblim-wbemcli on CentOS 8

sblim-wbemcli is SBLIM WBEM Command Line Interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sblim-wbemcli on CentOS 8.

What is sblim-wbemcli

WBEM Command Line Interface is a standalone, command line WBEM client. It is specially suited for basic systems management tasks as it can be used in scripts.

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

Install sblim-wbemcli 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 sblim-wbemcli using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sblim-wbemcli

Install sblim-wbemcli 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 sblim-wbemcli using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sblim-wbemcli

How To Uninstall sblim-wbemcli on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the sblim-wbemcli package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sblim-wbemcli

sblim-wbemcli Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/wbemai
/usr/bin/wbemain
/usr/bin/wbemci
/usr/bin/wbemcli
/usr/bin/wbemcm
/usr/bin/wbemcmx
/usr/bin/wbemdc
/usr/bin/wbemdi
/usr/bin/wbemec
/usr/bin/wbemecn
/usr/bin/wbemei
/usr/bin/wbemein
/usr/bin/wbemgc
/usr/bin/wbemgcd
/usr/bin/wbemgi
/usr/bin/wbemgp
/usr/bin/wbemmi
/usr/bin/wbemri
/usr/bin/wbemrin
/usr/bin/wbemsp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/5fcde98f18a4479c59f54ad3afebc7ac333ced
/usr/share/licenses/sblim-wbemcli
/usr/share/licenses/sblim-wbemcli/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/wbemcli.1.gz
/usr/share/sblim-wbemcli

References

Summary

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