How To Install ansible-doc on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-doc in AlmaLinux 8. ansible-doc is Documentation for Ansible

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-doc on AlmaLinux 8.

What is ansible-doc

Ansible is a radically simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote task execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines automatically. This package installs extensive documentation for ansible

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

Install ansible-doc 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 ansible-doc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ansible-doc

Install ansible-doc 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 ansible-doc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ansible-doc

How To Uninstall ansible-doc on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the ansible-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ansible-doc

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Summary

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