Howto install manage packages rhel8

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subscribe to redhat network

register your server to redhat network 

subscription-manager register
subscription-manager config --rhsm.auto_enable_yum_plugins=0
subscription-manager attach --auto

display repos: 

subscription-manager repos

rpm

perform an rpm query to list all packages installed: 

rpm -qa

list what version of the package is currently installed: 

rpm -q yum

find out what package provides filename: 

rpm -qf /etc/yum.repos.d

get detailed information about the package: 

rpm -qi  yum

list the files installed by the package: 

rpm -ql yum

list just the configuration files installed by the package: 

rpm -qc openssh-clients

list just the configuration files installed by the package: 

rpm -qd openssh-clients

list shell scripts that run before or after the package is installed or removed: 

rpm -q --scripts

list change information for the package: 

rpm -q --changelog audit

list documentation on rpm archive: 

rpm -q -p application.rpm -d

list configuration files on rpm archive: 

rpm -q -p application.rpm -c

list archives on rpm archive: 

rpm -q -p application.rpm -l

list rpm archive scripts: 

rpm -q -p application.rpm --scripts

list rpm archive changelog: 

rpm -q -p application.rpm --changelog

list total space consume by rpm archive after install: 

rpm -q -p application.rpm -i

installing rpm from internet: 

rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/x86_64/Packages/e/epel-release-8-8.el8.noarch.rpm

Dnf

install package: 

dnf install httpd-manual -y

download rpm package without installing: 

dnf download httpd

perform local rpm installation: 

dnf install httpd-2.4.6-45.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm

remove installed package: 

dnf remove httpd -y

check for available updates: 

dnf check-update

obtain info about group: 

dnf group info "Server with GUI"

install group of application: 

dnf group install "Server with GUI"

update all packages on system: 

dnf update -y

search for an application: 

dnf seach httpd

list packages available to install: 

dnf list

list packages installed: 

dnf list installed

use grep to find an specific package: 

dnf list |grep samba

list package dependencies: 

dnf deplist httpd

list how many package you have installed: 

dnf list installed | wc -l

list how many package are available to install: 

dnf list available | wc -l

show package info: 

dnf info httpd

view dnf transaction history: 

dnf history

view dnf specific transaction history using id: 

dnf history info 10

undo specific transaction from history using id: 

dnf history undo 10 -y

you can redo the history transaction using id: 

dnf history redo 10 -y

view dnf log: 

tail /var/log/dnf.log

list packages update available: 

dnf list updates

clean yum cache: 

dnf clean packages

clean all yum cache: 

dnf clean all

find which package provides specific file: 

dnf whatprovides /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6

you can skip yum command updates on command line itself using following syntax: 

dnf --exclude=package* update
dnf --exclude=php* update
dnf --exclude=kernel* update
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