How To Install containernetworking-plugins on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install containernetworking-plugins on AlmaLinux 8.
What is containernetworking-plugins
The CNI (Container Network Interface) project consists of a specification and libraries for writing plugins to configure network interfaces in Linux containers, along with a number of supported plugins. CNI concerns itself only with network connectivity of containers and removing allocated resources when the container is deleted.
We can use yum or dnf to install containernetworking-plugins on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install containernetworking-plugins.
Install containernetworking-plugins 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 containernetworking-plugins using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install containernetworking-plugins
Install containernetworking-plugins 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 containernetworking-plugins using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install containernetworking-plugins
How To Uninstall containernetworking-plugins on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the containernetworking-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove containernetworking-plugins
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install containernetworking-plugins on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
