How To Install syncthing-cli on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install syncthing-cli on Rocky Linux 8. syncthing-cli is Continuous File Synchronization (CLI)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syncthing-cli on Rocky Linux 8.

What is syncthing-cli

Syncthing replaces other file synchronization services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, if it is shared with some third party and how it’s transmitted over the Internet. Using syncthing, that control is returned to you. This package contains the CLI program.

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

Install syncthing-cli 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 syncthing-cli using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install syncthing-cli

Install syncthing-cli 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 syncthing-cli using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install syncthing-cli

How To Uninstall syncthing-cli on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the syncthing-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove syncthing-cli

syncthing-cli Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/stcli
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/7f231b178082ea9a29dbaa1ee90aea34c2a900
/usr/share/doc/syncthing-cli
/usr/share/doc/syncthing-cli/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/syncthing-cli/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/syncthing-cli
/usr/share/licenses/syncthing-cli/LICENSE

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Summary

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