How To Install centos-packager on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-packager in AlmaLinux 8. centos-packager is Tools and files necessary for building CentOS packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-packager on AlmaLinux 8.

What is centos-packager

Tools to help set up a CentOS packaging environment and interact with the Community Build System (CBS).

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

Install centos-packager 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 centos-packager using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install centos-packager

Install centos-packager 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 centos-packager using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install centos-packager

How To Uninstall centos-packager on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the centos-packager package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove centos-packager

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-packager on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.