How To Install pssh on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pssh on Rocky Linux 8. pssh is Parallel SSH tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pssh on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `pssh`

This package provides various parallel tools based on ssh and scp. Parallell version includes o ssh o scp o nuke o rsync o slurp

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

Install pssh 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 pssh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pssh

Install pssh 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 pssh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pssh

How To Uninstall pssh on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pssh

pssh Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/pnuke
/usr/bin/prsync
/usr/bin/pscp.pssh
/usr/bin/pslurp
/usr/bin/pssh
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pssh-2.3.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pssh-2.3.1-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pssh-2.3.1-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pssh-2.3.1-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pssh-2.3.1-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/askpass_client.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/askpass_client.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/askpass_server.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/askpass_server.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/color.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/color.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/manager.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/manager.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/psshutil.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/psshutil.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/task.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/task.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/askpass_client.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/askpass_server.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/cli.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/color.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/manager.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/psshutil.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/task.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/psshlib/version.py
/usr/libexec/pssh
/usr/libexec/pssh/pssh-askpass
/usr/share/doc/pssh
/usr/share/doc/pssh/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pssh/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/pssh
/usr/share/licenses/pssh/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/pnuke.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/prsync.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pscp.pssh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pslurp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pssh.1.gz

References

pssh website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pssh on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.