How To Install ansible-test on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-test on AlmaLinux 8.
What is ansible-test
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 the ansible-test command for testing modules and plugins developed for ansible.
We can use yum or dnf to install ansible-test on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ansible-test.
Install ansible-test 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-test using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ansible-test
Install ansible-test 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-test using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ansible-test
How To Uninstall ansible-test on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the ansible-test package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ansible-test
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-test on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.