How To Install conserver on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install conserver on Rocky Linux 8. conserver is Serial console server daemon/client

Introduction

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

What is conserver

Conserver is an application that allows multiple users to watch a serial console at the same time. It can log the data, allows users to take write-access of a console (one at a time), and has a variety of bells and whistles to accentuate that basic functionality.

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

Install conserver 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 conserver using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install conserver

Install conserver 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 conserver using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install conserver

How To Uninstall conserver on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove conserver

conserver Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/conserver.cf
/etc/conserver.passwd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/153344ffc0d737107f273045393605e5aef295
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/ba6d3787dbe32422976f7874bbf677001f527d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/conserver.service
/usr/lib64/conserver
/usr/lib64/conserver/convert
/usr/sbin/conserver
/usr/share/doc/conserver
/usr/share/doc/conserver/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/conserver/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/conserver/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/conserver/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/conserver/README
/usr/share/doc/conserver/conserver.cf
/usr/share/doc/conserver/conserver.passwd
/usr/share/doc/conserver/samples
/usr/share/doc/conserver/samples/README
/usr/share/doc/conserver/samples/average-distributed.cf
/usr/share/doc/conserver/samples/average.cf
/usr/share/doc/conserver/samples/basic.cf
/usr/share/doc/conserver/samples/simple.cf
/usr/share/man/man5/conserver.cf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/conserver.passwd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/conserver.8.gz

References

Summary

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