How To Install ocsinventory-agent on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocsinventory-agent on CentOS 7.
What is ocsinventory-agent
Open Computer and Software Inventory Next Generation is an application designed to help a network or system administrator keep track of computer configuration and software installed on the network. It also allows deploying software, commands or files on Windows and Linux client computers. ocsinventory-agent provides the client for Linux (Unified Unix Agent).
We can use yum or dnf to install ocsinventory-agent on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocsinventory-agent.
Install ocsinventory-agent on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ocsinventory-agent using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ocsinventory-agent
Install ocsinventory-agent on CentOS 7 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 ocsinventory-agent using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ocsinventory-agent
How To Uninstall ocsinventory-agent on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ocsinventory-agent package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ocsinventory-agent
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocsinventory-agent on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
