How To Install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8. centos-linux-release is CentOS Linux release files

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.