How To Install dpkg on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpkg on AlmaLinux 8.
What is dpkg
This package provides the low-level infrastructure for handling the installation and removal of Debian software packages. This package contains the tools (including dpkg-source) required to unpack, build and upload Debian source packages. This package also contains the programs dpkg which used to handle the installation and removal of packages on a Debian system. This package also contains dselect, an interface for managing the installation and removal of packages on the system. dpkg and dselect will certainly be non-functional on a rpm-based system because packages dependencies will likely be unmet.
We can use yum or dnf to install dpkg on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dpkg.
Install dpkg 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 dpkg using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dpkg
Install dpkg 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 dpkg using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dpkg
How To Uninstall dpkg on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the dpkg package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dpkg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpkg on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
