How To Install cockpit-machines on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-machines on AlmaLinux 8.
What is cockpit-machines
The Cockpit components for managing virtual machines. If “virt-install” is installed, you can also create new virtual machines.
We can use yum or dnf to install cockpit-machines on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cockpit-machines.
Install cockpit-machines 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 cockpit-machines using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cockpit-machines
Install cockpit-machines 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 cockpit-machines using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cockpit-machines
How To Uninstall cockpit-machines on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the cockpit-machines package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cockpit-machines
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-machines on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.