How To Install nut-xml on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nut-xml on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 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 nut-xml using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nut-xml

Install nut-xml 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 nut-xml using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nut-xml

How To Uninstall nut-xml on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nut-xml

nut-xml Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/096ab093f742315342524474e8d594f748d4a6
/usr/sbin/netxml-ups
/usr/share/man/man8/netxml-ups.8.gz

References

Summary

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