How To Install firewalld-filesystem on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install firewalld-filesystem on CentOS 8. firewalld-filesystem is Firewalld directory layout and rpm macros

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firewalld-filesystem on CentOS 8.

What is firewalld-filesystem

This package provides directories and rpm macros which are required by other packages that add firewalld configuration files. This package provides directories and rpm macros which are required by other packages that add firewalld configuration files.

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

Install firewalld-filesystem on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install firewalld-filesystem

Install firewalld-filesystem 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 firewalld-filesystem using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install firewalld-filesystem

How To Uninstall firewalld-filesystem on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the firewalld-filesystem package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove firewalld-filesystem

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Summary

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