How To Install patch on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install patch on Rocky Linux 8.
What is patch
The patch program applies diff files to originals. The diff command is used to compare an original to a changed file. Diff lists the changes made to the file. A person who has the original file can then use the patch command with the diff file to add the changes to their original file (patching the file). Patch should be installed because it is a common way of upgrading applications.
We can use yum or dnf to install patch on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install patch.
Install patch 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 patch using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install patch
Install patch 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 patch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install patch
How To Uninstall patch on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the patch package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove patch
patch Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/patch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/aa4b8ccbdb0c839864d110f2e4e3e5d7a82df0
/usr/share/doc/patch
/usr/share/doc/patch/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/patch/README
/usr/share/licenses/patch
/usr/share/licenses/patch/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/patch.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install patch on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.