How To Install tracer-common on CentOS 8

tracer-common is Common files for tracer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tracer-common on CentOS 8.

What is tracer-common

Common files for tracer.

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

Install tracer-common 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 tracer-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tracer-common

Install tracer-common 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 tracer-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tracer-common

How To Uninstall tracer-common on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the tracer-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tracer-common

tracer-common Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/bash_completion.d/tracer
/usr/share/doc/tracer-common
/usr/share/doc/tracer-common/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/tracer-common
/usr/share/licenses/tracer-common/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/tracer.mo
/usr/share/tracer
/usr/share/tracer/README.md
/usr/share/tracer/__init__.py
/usr/share/tracer/applications.xml
/usr/share/tracer/rules.xml

References

Summary

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