How To Install pinfo on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pinfo on AlmaLinux 8.
What is pinfo
Pinfo is an info file (or man page) viewer with a user interface similar to the Lynx Web browser’s interface. Pinfo supports searching using regular expressions, and is based on the ncurses library.
We can use yum or dnf to install pinfo on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pinfo.
Install pinfo 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 pinfo using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pinfo
Install pinfo 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 pinfo using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pinfo
How To Uninstall pinfo on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the pinfo package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pinfo
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pinfo on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.