How To Install rpcgen on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpcgen on CentOS 8. rpcgen is RPC protocol compiler

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpcgen on CentOS 8.

What is rpcgen

rpcgen is a tool that generates C code to implement an RPC protocol. The input to rpcgen is a language similar to C known as RPC Language (Remote Procedure Call Language).

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

Install rpcgen on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install rpcgen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpcgen

Install rpcgen 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 rpcgen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpcgen

How To Uninstall rpcgen on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove rpcgen

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpcgen on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.