How To Install coreutils-single on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install coreutils-single on CentOS 8. coreutils-single is coreutils multicall binary

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install coreutils-single on CentOS 8.

What is coreutils-single

These are the GNU core utilities, packaged as a single multicall binary.

We can use yum or dnf to install coreutils-single on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install coreutils-single.

Install coreutils-single on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install coreutils-single using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install coreutils-single

Install coreutils-single on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install coreutils-single using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install coreutils-single

How To Uninstall coreutils-single on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the coreutils-single package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove coreutils-single

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install coreutils-single on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.