Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt-plugin-machine-id on CentOS 8.
What is abrt-plugin-machine-id
This package contains a configuration snippet to enable automatic generation of machine_id for abrt events.
We can use yum or dnf to install abrt-plugin-machine-id on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install abrt-plugin-machine-id.
Install abrt-plugin-machine-id on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install abrt-plugin-machine-id using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install abrt-plugin-machine-id
Install abrt-plugin-machine-id on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install abrt-plugin-machine-id using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install abrt-plugin-machine-id
How To Uninstall abrt-plugin-machine-id on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the abrt-plugin-machine-id package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove abrt-plugin-machine-id
abrt-plugin-machine-id Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/libreport/events.d/machine-id_event.conf
/usr/libexec/abrt-action-generate-machine-id
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install abrt-plugin-machine-id on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
