How To Install rhnsd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rhnsd on Rocky Linux 8. rhnsd is Spacewalk query daemon

Introduction

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

What is `rhnsd`

The Red Hat Update Agent that automatically queries the Red Hat Network servers and determines which packages need to be updated on your machine, and runs any actions.

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

Install rhnsd 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 rhnsd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rhnsd

Install rhnsd 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 rhnsd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rhnsd

How To Uninstall rhnsd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rhnsd

rhnsd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/sysconfig/rhn
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/929daf36c05d6e9aee3ab835b4aaf818410eea
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rhnsd.service
/usr/sbin/rhnsd
/usr/share/doc/rhnsd
/usr/share/doc/rhnsd/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/aln/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/bal/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_BD/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs_CZ/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_CH/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa_IR/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt_LT/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru_RU/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@Latn/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta_IN/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi_VN/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/rhnsd.mo
/usr/share/man/man8/rhnsd.8.gz

References

rhnsd website

Summary

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