How to Install and Uninstall prefixdevname.x86_64 Package on AlmaLinux 8

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "prefixdevname.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidance below to install prefixdevname.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                prefixdevname.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "prefixdevname.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall prefixdevname.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                prefixdevname.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the prefixdevname.x86_64 package on AlmaLinux 8

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Available Packages
Name : prefixdevname
Version : 0.1.0
Release : 6.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 460 k
Source : prefixdevname-0.1.0-6.el8.src.rpm
Repository : baseos
Summary : Udev helper utility that provides network interface naming using user defined prefix
URL : https://www.github.com/msekletar/prefixdevname
License : MIT
Description : This package provides udev helper utility that tries to consistently name all ethernet NICs using
: user defined prefix (e.g. net.ifnames.prefix=net produces NIC names net0, net1, ...). Utility is
: called from udev rule and it determines NIC name and writes out configuration file for udev's
: net_setup_link built-in (e.g. /etc/systemd/network/71-net-ifnames-prefix-net0.link).