How To Install dselect on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dselect on Rocky Linux 8. dselect is Debian package management front-end

Introduction

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

What is `dselect`

dselect is a high-level interface for managing the installation and removal of Debian software packages. Many users find dselect intimidating and new users may prefer to use apt-based user interfaces.

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

Install dselect 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 dselect using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dselect

Install dselect 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 dselect using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dselect

How To Uninstall dselect on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove dselect

dselect Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg
/etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg.d
/usr/bin/dselect
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/2c51e1750588ce89cc9e2af45aebc2ff84cad2
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/disk
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/disk/desc.cdrom
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/disk/desc.harddisk
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/disk/desc.mounted
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/disk/desc.nfs
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/disk/install
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/disk/names
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/disk/setup
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/disk/update
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/floppy
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/floppy/desc.floppy
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/floppy/install
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/floppy/names
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/floppy/setup
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/floppy/update
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/ftp
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/ftp/desc.ftp
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/ftp/install
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/ftp/names
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/ftp/setup
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/ftp/update
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/multicd
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/multicd/desc.multi_cd
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/multicd/desc.multi_mount
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/multicd/desc.multi_nfs
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/multicd/install
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/multicd/names
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/multicd/setup
/usr/libexec/dpkg/methods/multicd/update
/usr/share/doc/dselect
/usr/share/doc/dselect/README.multicd
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/tl/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/dselect.mo
/usr/share/man/de/man1/dselect.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man5/dselect.cfg.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dselect.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dselect.cfg.5.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man1/dselect.1.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man5/dselect.cfg.5.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Dselect
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Dselect/Ftp.pm
/var/lib/dpkg/methods
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/disk
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/floppy
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/mnt
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/multicd

References

dselect website

Summary

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