How To Install firewall-config on AlmaLinux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firewall-config on AlmaLinux 8.

What is firewall-config

The firewall configuration application provides an configuration interface for firewalld.

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

Install firewall-config 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 firewall-config using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install firewall-config

Install firewall-config 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 firewall-config using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install firewall-config

How To Uninstall firewall-config on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the firewall-config package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove firewall-config

References

• firewall-config website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install firewall-config on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.