How To Install nut-xml on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nut-xml on CentOS 8. nut-xml is XML UPS driver for the Network UPS Tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nut-xml on CentOS 8.

What is nut-xml

This package adds the netxml-ups driver, that allows NUT to monitor a XML capable UPS.

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

Install nut-xml on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install nut-xml using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nut-xml

Install nut-xml on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install nut-xml using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nut-xml

How To Uninstall nut-xml on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the nut-xml package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nut-xml

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nut-xml on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.