How To Install banner on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install banner on CentOS 8. banner is Prints a short string to the console in very large letters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install banner on CentOS 8.

What is banner

Classic-style banner program similar to the one found in Solaris or AIX. The banner program prints a short string to the console in very large letters.

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

Install banner on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install banner using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install banner

Install banner on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install banner using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install banner

How To Uninstall banner on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove banner

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install banner on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.