How To Install util-linux-user on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install util-linux-user on CentOS 8.
What is util-linux-user
chfn and chsh utilities with dependence on libuser
We can use yum or dnf to install util-linux-user on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install util-linux-user.
Install util-linux-user 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 util-linux-user using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install util-linux-user
Install util-linux-user 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 util-linux-user using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install util-linux-user
How To Uninstall util-linux-user on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the util-linux-user package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove util-linux-user
util-linux-user Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/pam.d/chfn
/etc/pam.d/chsh
/usr/bin/chfn
/usr/bin/chsh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/945cc071520ec2d1d24d42eefd0b683e27cd5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/081007fcc0b1e1a0375a62b5f011f939ecc60a
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/chfn
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/chsh
/usr/share/man/man1/chfn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/chsh.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install util-linux-user on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.