How to Install and Uninstall hostname.x86_64 Package on Rocky Linux 8

Last updated: February 26,2025

1. Install "hostname.x86_64" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install hostname.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall hostname.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                hostname.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hostname.x86_64 package on Rocky Linux 8

Last metadata expiration check: 0:52:23 ago on Mon Sep 12 10:27:18 2022.
Installed Packages
Name : hostname
Version : 3.20
Release : 6.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 42 k
Source : hostname-3.20-6.el8.src.rpm
Repository : @System
Summary : Utility to set/show the host name or domain name
URL : http://packages.qa.debian.org/h/hostname.html
License : GPLv2+
Description : This package provides commands which can be used to display the system's
: DNS name, and to display or set its hostname or NIS domain name.