Applications categories on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Software Center

How to install software in RHEL 8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 8.0 has been out for some time and is available for testing purposes on RedHat’s website. All you need to do to get it is create an account if you don’t already have one, download the ISO and install it using your credentials. If you have previously worked with the 7.x branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS the installation process will be familiar to you since not much has changed.

But what you have to keep in mind is that this is a commercial Linux distribution and thus you will get access not only to technical support but also commercial software, unavailable otherwise in fully open-source Linux distributions based on Red Hat Linux.

In this tutorial you will learn:

  • How to subscribe to software channels in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • How to install software in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 with the help of Red Hat repositories
  • How to install standalone RPM packages
  • How to compile software for RHEL yourself
  • How to convert between DEB packages to RPM

Read more