How To Install file on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install file on Rocky Linux 8. file is A utility for determining file types

Introduction

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

What is file

The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data contained by the file. File can identify many different file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and different graphics formats.

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

Install file 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 file using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install file

Install file 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 file using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install file

How To Uninstall file on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove file

file Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/magic
/usr/bin/file
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/53faedda8ff88c537d358b16f5d182ff89d642
/usr/share/doc/file
/usr/share/doc/file/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/file/README
/usr/share/licenses/file
/usr/share/licenses/file/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/file.1.gz

References

Summary

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