How To Install git-all on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-all on Rocky Linux 8. git-all is Meta-package to pull in all git tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-all on Rocky Linux 8.

What is git-all

Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals. This is a dummy package which brings in all subpackages.

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

Install git-all 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 git-all using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install git-all

Install git-all 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 git-all using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install git-all

How To Uninstall git-all on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the git-all package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove git-all

git-all Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

References

Summary

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