How To Install freeze on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeze in AlmaLinux 8. freeze is freeze/melt/fcat compression utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeze on AlmaLinux 8.

What is freeze

Freeze is an old file compressor and decompressor that is not in common use anymore, but can be useful if the need ever arises to dearchive files compressed with it.

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

Install freeze 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 freeze using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install freeze

Install freeze 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 freeze using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install freeze

How To Uninstall freeze on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove freeze

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Summary

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