How to Install and Uninstall mlocate.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "mlocate.x86_64" package

Please follow the instructions below to install mlocate.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall mlocate.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mlocate.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last metadata expiration check: 1 day, 6:07:38 ago on Sun May 9 13:03:46 2021.
Available Packages
Name : mlocate
Version : 0.26
Release : 20.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 121 k
Source : mlocate-0.26-20.el8.src.rpm
Repository : baseos
Summary : An utility for finding files by name
URL : https://fedorahosted.org/mlocate/
License : GPLv2
Description : mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation. It keeps a database of
: all existing files and allows you to lookup files by name.
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: The 'm' stands for "merging": updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid
: rereading most of the file system, which makes updatedb faster and does not
: trash the system caches as much as traditional locate implementations.