How To Install attr on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install attr on Rocky Linux 8. attr is Utilities for managing filesystem extended attributes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install attr on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `attr`

A set of tools for manipulating extended attributes on filesystem objects, in particular getfattr(1) and setfattr(1). An attr(1) command is also provided which is largely compatible with the SGI IRIX tool of the same name.

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

Install attr 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 attr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install attr

Install attr 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 attr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install attr

How To Uninstall attr on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove attr

attr Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/attr
/usr/bin/getfattr
/usr/bin/setfattr
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/a192ad70ec1c9949080566c121cb6888370a00
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/3f87dfc9e9f832337876571a3182119a23c9f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/ad2a0f9c0e086212914f0153f3b64653d497e9
/usr/share/doc/attr
/usr/share/doc/attr/CHANGES
/usr/share/licenses/attr
/usr/share/licenses/attr/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/attr/COPYING.LGPL
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/attr.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/attr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/getfattr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/setfattr.1.gz

References

attr website

Summary

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