How To Install augeas on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install augeas on AlmaLinux 8.
What is augeas
A library for programmatically editing configuration files. Augeas parses configuration files into a tree structure, which it exposes through its public API. Changes made through the API are written back to the initially read files. The transformation works very hard to preserve comments and formatting details. It is controlled by ``lens’’ definitions that describe the file format and the transformation into a tree.
We can use yum or dnf to install augeas on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install augeas.
Install augeas 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 augeas using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install augeas
Install augeas 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 augeas using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install augeas
How To Uninstall augeas on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the augeas package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove augeas
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install augeas on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
