How To Install par2cmdline on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install par2cmdline
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is par2cmdline
par2cmdline is a program for creating and using PAR2 files to detect damage in data files and repair them if necessary. PAR2 files are usually published in binary newsgroups on Usenet; they apply the data-recovery capability concepts of RAID-like systems to the posting and recovery of multi-part archives.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install par2cmdline
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install par2cmdline.
Install par2cmdline 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 par2cmdline
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install par2cmdline
Install par2cmdline 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 par2cmdline
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install par2cmdline
How To Uninstall par2cmdline on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the par2cmdline
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove par2cmdline
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install par2cmdline
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.