How To Install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8.
What is centos-linux-release
CentOS Linux release files. CentOS Linux release files.
We can use yum or dnf to install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install centos-linux-release.
Install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install centos-linux-release using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install centos-linux-release
Install centos-linux-release 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 centos-linux-release using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install centos-linux-release
How To Uninstall centos-linux-release on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the centos-linux-release package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove centos-linux-release
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.