How To Install uhubctl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install uhubctl on Rocky Linux 8. uhubctl is USB hub per-port power control

Introduction

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

What is uhubctl

uhubctl is utility to control USB power per-port on smart USB hubs. Smart hub is defined as one that implements per-port power switching.

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

Install uhubctl 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 uhubctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install uhubctl

Install uhubctl 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 uhubctl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install uhubctl

How To Uninstall uhubctl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove uhubctl

uhubctl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/f49f01b3d9c0f59c6e39329b7ec7f19668398a
/usr/sbin/uhubctl
/usr/share/doc/uhubctl
/usr/share/doc/uhubctl/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/uhubctl
/usr/share/licenses/uhubctl/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/uhubctl/LICENSE

References

Summary

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