How To Install rkhunter on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rkhunter on CentOS 7.
What is rkhunter
Rootkit Hunter (RKH) is an easy-to-use tool which checks computers running UNIX (clones) for the presence of rootkits and other unwanted tools.
We can use yum or dnf to install rkhunter on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rkhunter.
Install rkhunter on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install rkhunter using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rkhunter
Install rkhunter 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 rkhunter using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rkhunter
How To Uninstall rkhunter on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the rkhunter package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rkhunter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rkhunter on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
