How To Install os-prober on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install os-prober
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is os-prober
This package detects other OSes available on a system and outputs the results in a generic machine-readable format. Support for new OSes and Linux distributions can be added easily.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install os-prober
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install os-prober.
Install os-prober 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 os-prober
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install os-prober
Install os-prober 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 os-prober
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install os-prober
How To Uninstall os-prober on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the os-prober
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove os-prober
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install os-prober
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.