How To Install powerman on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install powerman in AlmaLinux 8. powerman is Centralized power control for clusters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install powerman on AlmaLinux 8.

What is powerman

PowerMan is a tool for manipulating remote power control (RPC) devices from a central location. Several RPC varieties are supported natively by PowerMan and Expect-like configurability simplifies the addition of new devices.

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

Install powerman 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 powerman using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install powerman

Install powerman 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 powerman using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install powerman

How To Uninstall powerman on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the powerman package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove powerman

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install powerman on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.