How To Install scrub on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scrub on CentOS 7.
What is scrub
Scrub writes patterns on files or disk devices to make retrieving the data more difficult. It operates in one of three modes scrubbed and all data on it is destroyed; 2) a regular file is scrubbed and only the data in the file (and optionally its name in the directory entry) is destroyed; or 3) a regular file is created, expanded until the file system is full, then scrubbed as in 2).
We can use yum or dnf to install scrub on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install scrub.
Install scrub on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install scrub using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install scrub
Install scrub 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 scrub using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install scrub
How To Uninstall scrub on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the scrub package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove scrub
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scrub on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
