How To Install afftools on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install afftools in AlmaLinux 8. afftools is Utilities for afflib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install afftools on AlmaLinux 8.

What is afftools

The afflib-utils package contains utilities for using afflib.

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

Install afftools on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install afftools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install afftools

Install afftools on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install afftools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install afftools

How To Uninstall afftools on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the afftools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove afftools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install afftools on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.