How To Install configsnap on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install configsnap on Rocky Linux 8. configsnap is Record and compare system state

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install configsnap on Rocky Linux 8.

What is configsnap

configsnap records important system state information and can optionally compare with a previous state and identify changes

We can use yum or dnf to install configsnap on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install configsnap.

Install configsnap 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 configsnap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install configsnap

Install configsnap 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 configsnap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install configsnap

How To Uninstall configsnap on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove configsnap

configsnap Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/configsnap
/etc/configsnap/additional.conf
/usr/sbin/configsnap
/usr/share/doc/configsnap
/usr/share/doc/configsnap/MAINTAINERS.md
/usr/share/doc/configsnap/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/configsnap/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/configsnap
/usr/share/licenses/configsnap/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/configsnap.1.gz

References

Summary

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