How To Install nmstate on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nmstate on AlmaLinux 8.
What is nmstate
Nmstate is a library with an accompanying command line tool that manages host networking settings in a declarative manner and aimed to satisfy enterprise needs to manage host networking through a northbound declarative API and multi provider support on the southbound.
We can use yum or dnf to install nmstate on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nmstate.
Install nmstate 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 nmstate using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nmstate
Install nmstate 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 nmstate using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nmstate
How To Uninstall nmstate on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the nmstate package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nmstate
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nmstate on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.