How To Install abrt-plugin-machine-id on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt-plugin-machine-id on Rocky Linux 8.
What is abrt-plugin-machine-id
This package contains a configuration snippet to enable automatic generation of machine_id for abrt events.
We can use yum or dnf to install abrt-plugin-machine-id on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install abrt-plugin-machine-id.
Install abrt-plugin-machine-id on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install abrt-plugin-machine-id using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install abrt-plugin-machine-id
Install abrt-plugin-machine-id on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install abrt-plugin-machine-id using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install abrt-plugin-machine-id
How To Uninstall abrt-plugin-machine-id on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the abrt-plugin-machine-id package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove abrt-plugin-machine-id
abrt-plugin-machine-id Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/libreport/events.d/machine-id_event.conf
/usr/libexec/abrt-action-generate-machine-id
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt-plugin-machine-id on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.