How To Install waiverdb-cli on CentOS 8

waiverdb-cli is A CLI tool for interacting with waiverdb

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install waiverdb-cli on CentOS 8.

What is waiverdb-cli

This package contains a CLI tool for interacting with waiverdb. Primarily, submitting new waiverdbs.

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

Install waiverdb-cli 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 waiverdb-cli using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install waiverdb-cli

Install waiverdb-cli 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 waiverdb-cli using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install waiverdb-cli

How To Uninstall waiverdb-cli on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the waiverdb-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove waiverdb-cli

waiverdb-cli Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/waiverdb/client.conf
/usr/bin/waiverdb-cli
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/waiverdb/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/waiverdb/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/waiverdb/cli.py
/usr/share/licenses/waiverdb-cli
/usr/share/licenses/waiverdb-cli/COPYING

References

Summary

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