How To Install rmt on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rmt on CentOS 7.
What is rmt
The rmt utility provides remote access to tape devices for programs like dump (a filesystem backup program), restore (a program for restoring files from a backup), and tar (an archiving program).
We can use yum or dnf to install rmt on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rmt.
Install rmt on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install rmt using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rmt
Install rmt 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 rmt using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rmt
How To Uninstall rmt on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the rmt package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rmt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rmt on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.