How To Install dh_systemd_enable on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install debhelper

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install debhelper

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is dh_systemd_enable and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install dh_systemd_enable on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install dh_systemd_enable on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install dh_systemd_enable using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install debhelper

Install dh_systemd_enable on CentOS 8 using yum

Because dh_systemd_enable is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install dh_systemd_enable package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install debhelper

How to upgrade (update) a single package dh_systemd_enable using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like dh_systemd_enable in this example you should use the following command:

yum update debhelper

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade debhelper

How to Upgrade dh_systemd_enable on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update debhelper

How To remove dh_systemd_enable from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dh_systemd_enable package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove debhelper

Extra info and code examples

A collection of programs that can be used in a debian/rules file to automate common tasks related to building debian packages. Programs are included to install various files into your package, compress files, fix file permissions, integrate your package with the debian menu system, debconf, doc-base, etc. Most debian packages use debhelper as part of their build process.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install dh_systemd_enable using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the dh_systemd_enable from CentOS 8.

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