How To Install icon on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install icon in AlmaLinux 8. icon is Icon programming language

Introduction

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

What is icon

Icon is a high-level general-purpose programming language with novel features including string scanning and goal-directed evaluation.

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

Install icon 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 icon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install icon

Install icon 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 icon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install icon

How To Uninstall icon on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove icon

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Summary

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