How To Install rhn-setup on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhn-setup on CentOS 8.
What is rhn-setup
rhn-setup contains programs and utilities to configure a system to use Red Hat Satellite or Spacewalk, and to register a system with a Red Hat Satellite or Spacewalk server.
We can use yum or dnf to install rhn-setup on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rhn-setup.
Install rhn-setup on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install rhn-setup using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rhn-setup
Install rhn-setup on CentOS 8 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 rhn-setup using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rhn-setup
How To Uninstall rhn-setup on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rhn-setup package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rhn-setup
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhn-setup on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.