How To Install sassist on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

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

What is sassist

Dell SupportAssist log collector for Linux.

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

Install sassist 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 sassist using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sassist

Install sassist 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 sassist using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sassist

How To Uninstall sassist on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove sassist

sassist Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/sassist.sh
/usr/lib/systemd/system/run-media-iDRAC_NATOSC.mount
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sassist-collect.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sassist.service
/usr/share/licenses/sassist
/usr/share/licenses/sassist/COPYING

References

• sassist website

Summary

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