How To Install hardlink on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hardlink
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is hardlink
hardlink is used to create a tree of hard links. It’s used by kernel installation to dramatically reduce the amount of disk space used by each kernel package installed.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install hardlink
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hardlink.
Install hardlink 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 hardlink
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hardlink
Install hardlink 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 hardlink
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hardlink
How To Uninstall hardlink on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the hardlink
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hardlink
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hardlink
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.