How To Install prefixdevname on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prefixdevname on AlmaLinux 8.
What is prefixdevname
This package provides udev helper utility that tries to consistently name all ethernet NICs using user defined prefix (e.g. net.ifnames.prefix=net produces NIC names net0, net1, …). Utility is called from udev rule and it determines NIC name and writes out configuration file for udev’s net_setup_link built-in (e.g. /etc/systemd/network/71-net-ifnames-prefix-net0.link).
We can use yum or dnf to install prefixdevname on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install prefixdevname.
Install prefixdevname 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 prefixdevname using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install prefixdevname
Install prefixdevname 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 prefixdevname using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install prefixdevname
How To Uninstall prefixdevname on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the prefixdevname package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove prefixdevname
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prefixdevname on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
