How To Install apcupsd-cgi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install apcupsd-cgi on Rocky Linux 8. apcupsd-cgi is Web interface for apcupsd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apcupsd-cgi on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `apcupsd-cgi`

A CGI interface to the APC UPS monitoring daemon.

We can use yum or dnf to install apcupsd-cgi on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install apcupsd-cgi.

Install apcupsd-cgi 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 apcupsd-cgi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install apcupsd-cgi

Install apcupsd-cgi 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 apcupsd-cgi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install apcupsd-cgi

How To Uninstall apcupsd-cgi on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the apcupsd-cgi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove apcupsd-cgi

apcupsd-cgi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.css
/etc/apcupsd/hosts.conf
/etc/apcupsd/multimon.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.d/apcupsd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/ac6251c453265a98054bf5a2ec83603c220915
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/ee3825cfdb1c3b8409c5cdb207b0dce95f0ebc
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/5301c1dc9715eddd6532d452f97078864891fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/3db8ac2288f875704557cb442a3b9b607ad4ac
/var/www/apcupsd
/var/www/apcupsd/multimon.cgi
/var/www/apcupsd/upsfstats.cgi
/var/www/apcupsd/upsimage.cgi
/var/www/apcupsd/upsstats.cgi

References

apcupsd-cgi website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apcupsd-cgi on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.