How To Install rdist on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rdist on CentOS 7.
What is rdist
The RDist program maintains identical copies of files on multiple hosts. If possible, RDist will preserve the owner, group, mode and mtime of files and it can update programs that are executing. Install rdist if you need to maintain identical copies of files on multiple hosts.
We can use yum or dnf to install rdist on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rdist.
Install rdist on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install rdist using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rdist
Install rdist on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install rdist using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rdist
How To Uninstall rdist on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the rdist package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rdist
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rdist on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.