How To Install rhn-client-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rhn-client-tools on Rocky Linux 8. rhn-client-tools is Support programs and libraries for Red Hat Satellite or Spacewalk

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rhn-client-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `rhn-client-tools`

Red Hat Satellite Client Tools provides programs and libraries to allow your system to receive software updates from Red Hat Satellite or Spacewalk.

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

Install rhn-client-tools 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 rhn-client-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rhn-client-tools

Install rhn-client-tools 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 rhn-client-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rhn-client-tools

How To Uninstall rhn-client-tools on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the rhn-client-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rhn-client-tools

rhn-client-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/logrotate.d/up2date
/etc/sysconfig/rhn
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/allowed-actions
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/allowed-actions/configfiles
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/allowed-actions/script
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/clientCaps.d
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
/usr/sbin/rhn-profile-sync
/usr/share/doc/rhn-client-tools
/usr/share/doc/rhn-client-tools/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/rhn-client-tools/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/rhn-client-tools/mirrors.txt
/usr/share/locale/aln/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_BD/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa_IR/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@Latn/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN.GB2312/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW.Big5/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/rhn-client-tools.mo
/usr/share/man/man5/up2date.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rhn-profile-sync.8.gz
/usr/share/rhn
/usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT
/var/spool/up2date
/var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl

References

rhn-client-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rhn-client-tools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.