How To Install moreutils on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install moreutils in AlmaLinux 8. moreutils is Additional unix utilities

Introduction

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

What is moreutils

This is a growing collection of the unix tools that nobody thought to write thirty years ago. So far, it includes the following utilities - chronic - combine - errno - ifdata - ifne - isutf8 - lckdo - mispipe - parallel - pee - sponge - ts - vidir - vipe - zrun

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

Install moreutils 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 moreutils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install moreutils

Install moreutils 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 moreutils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install moreutils

How To Uninstall moreutils on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove moreutils

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Summary

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