How To Install sos on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sos on CentOS 7.
What is sos
Sos is a set of tools that gathers information about system hardware and configuration. The information can then be used for diagnostic purposes and debugging. Sos is commonly used to help support technicians and developers.
We can use yum or dnf to install sos on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sos.
Install sos on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install sos using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sos
Install sos 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 sos using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sos
How To Uninstall sos on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the sos package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sos
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sos on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.