How To Install conman on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install conman on AlmaLinux 8.
What is conman
ConMan is a serial console management program designed to support a large number of console devices and simultaneous users. It currently supports local serial devices and remote terminal servers (via the telnet protocol). Its features include - mapping symbolic names to console devices - logging all output from a console device to file - supporting monitor (R/O), interactive (R/W), and broadcast (W/O) modes of console access - allowing clients to join or steal console “write” privileges - executing Expect scripts across multiple consoles in parallel
We can use yum or dnf to install conman on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install conman.
Install conman 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 conman using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install conman
Install conman 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 conman using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install conman
How To Uninstall conman on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the conman package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove conman
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install conman on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
