How To Install scap-security-guide-doc on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install scap-security-guide-doc in AlmaLinux 8. scap-security-guide-doc is HTML formatted security guides generated from XCCDF benchmarks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scap-security-guide-doc on AlmaLinux 8.

What is scap-security-guide-doc

The scap-security-guide-doc package contains HTML formatted documents containing hardening guidances that have been generated from XCCDF benchmarks present in scap-security-guide package.

We can use yum or dnf to install scap-security-guide-doc on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install scap-security-guide-doc.

Install scap-security-guide-doc on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install scap-security-guide-doc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install scap-security-guide-doc

Install scap-security-guide-doc on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install scap-security-guide-doc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install scap-security-guide-doc

How To Uninstall scap-security-guide-doc on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the scap-security-guide-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove scap-security-guide-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install scap-security-guide-doc on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.