How To Install nginx-mod-stream on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-mod-stream on Rocky Linux 8. nginx-mod-stream is Nginx stream modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-mod-stream on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `nginx-mod-stream`

Nginx stream modules.

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

Install nginx-mod-stream 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 nginx-mod-stream using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nginx-mod-stream

Install nginx-mod-stream 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 nginx-mod-stream using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nginx-mod-stream

How To Uninstall nginx-mod-stream on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nginx-mod-stream package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nginx-mod-stream

nginx-mod-stream Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/091492ba428307464081c6ee847111dbaa1140
/usr/lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_stream_module.so
/usr/share/nginx/modules/mod-stream.conf

References

nginx-mod-stream website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-mod-stream on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.