How To Install rclone on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rclone on Rocky Linux 8. rclone is Rsync for cloud storage

Introduction

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

What is rclone

Rclone is a command line program to sync files and directories to and from various cloud services.

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

Install rclone 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 rclone using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rclone

Install rclone 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 rclone using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rclone

How To Uninstall rclone on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rclone

rclone Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/rclone
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/9631fda08b12fa5afd2ffc9725996878efb44e
/usr/share/doc/rclone
/usr/share/doc/rclone/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/MAINTAINERS.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/MANUAL.html
/usr/share/doc/rclone/MANUAL.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/README.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/RELEASE.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/README.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/config.json
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/_index.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/alias.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/amazonclouddrive.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/authors.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/azureblob.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/b2.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/box.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/bugs.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/cache.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/changelog.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/chunker.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_about.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_authorize.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_backend.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_cat.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_check.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_cleanup.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_create.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_delete.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_disconnect.md
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_edit.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_file.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_password.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_providers.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_reconnect.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_show.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_update.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_config_userinfo.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_copy.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_copyto.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_copyurl.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_cryptcheck.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_cryptdecode.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_dedupe.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_delete.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_deletefile.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_genautocomplete.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_genautocomplete_bash.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_genautocomplete_fish.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_genautocomplete_zsh.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_gendocs.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_hashsum.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_link.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_listremotes.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_ls.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_lsd.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_lsf.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_lsjson.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_lsl.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_md5sum.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_mkdir.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_mount.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_move.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_moveto.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_ncdu.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_obscure.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_purge.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_rc.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_rcat.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_rcd.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_rmdir.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_rmdirs.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_selfupdate.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_dlna.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_ftp.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_http.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_restic.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_sftp.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_webdav.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_settier.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_sha1sum.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_size.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_sync.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_test.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_test_histogram.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_test_info.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_test_makefiles.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_test_memory.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_touch.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_tree.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_version.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/compress.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/contact.md
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/docs.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/donate.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/downloads.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/drive.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/dropbox.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/faq.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/fichier.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/filefabric.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/filtering.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/flags.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/ftp.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/googlecloudstorage.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/googlephotos.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/gui.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/hdfs.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/http.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/hubic.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/install.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/install.sh
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/jottacloud.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/koofr.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/licence.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/local.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/mailru.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/mega.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/memory.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/onedrive.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/opendrive.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/overview.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/pcloud.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/premiumizeme.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/privacy.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/putio.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/qingstor.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/rc.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/remote_setup.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/s3.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/seafile.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/sftp.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/sharefile.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/sugarsync.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/swift.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/tardigrade.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/union.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/webdav.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/yandex.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/content/zoho.md
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/i18n
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/i18n/en.toml
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/chrome/menu.html
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/chrome/navbar.html
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/index.html
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/partials/version.html
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/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/section/commands.html
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/shortcodes
/usr/share/doc/rclone/docs/layouts/shortcodes/asciinema.html
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Summary

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