How To Install pentaho-reporting-flow-engine on AlmaLinux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pentaho-reporting-flow-engine on AlmaLinux 8.

What is pentaho-reporting-flow-engine

Pentaho Reporting Flow Engine is a free Java report library, formerly known as ‘JFreeReport’

We can use yum or dnf to install pentaho-reporting-flow-engine on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pentaho-reporting-flow-engine.

Install pentaho-reporting-flow-engine 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 pentaho-reporting-flow-engine using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pentaho-reporting-flow-engine

Install pentaho-reporting-flow-engine 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 pentaho-reporting-flow-engine using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pentaho-reporting-flow-engine

How To Uninstall pentaho-reporting-flow-engine on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the pentaho-reporting-flow-engine package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pentaho-reporting-flow-engine

References

• pentaho-reporting-flow-engine website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pentaho-reporting-flow-engine on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.