How To Install rebase-helper on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rebase-helper in AlmaLinux 8. rebase-helper is The tool that helps you to rebase your package to the latest version

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rebase-helper on AlmaLinux 8.

What is rebase-helper

rebase-helper is a tool which helps package maintainers to rebase their packages to latest upstream versions. There are several steps that need to be done when rebasing a package. The goal of rebase-helper is to automate most of these steps.

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

Install rebase-helper 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 rebase-helper using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rebase-helper

Install rebase-helper 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 rebase-helper using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rebase-helper

How To Uninstall rebase-helper on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the rebase-helper package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rebase-helper

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Summary

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