How To Install banner on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install banner on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install banner.

Install banner 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 banner using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install banner

Install banner 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 banner using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install banner

How To Uninstall banner on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove banner

/usr/bin/banner
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/5ebc202fd83205eedf6644daf2af75a132d211
/usr/share/doc/banner
/usr/share/doc/banner/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/banner/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/banner/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/banner/README
/usr/share/man/man1/banner.1.gz

References

Summary

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