How to Set Up RHEL AI Command-Line Assistant
The RHEL command-line assistant, powered by RHEL Lightspeed, is an AI tool that helps you run Linux commands, troubleshoot errors, and learn directly in your terminal.
When you're working in the Linux terminal, especially as a beginner, you've probably found yourself stuck more than once, or maybe you can't remember the exact syntax for a tar command, or you're not sure which systemctl options you need, or you're staring at an error message that might as well be written in ancient Greek.
You could open your browser, search for the answer, sift through Stack Overflow threads, and piece together a solution, but what if you could just ask your terminal directly? What if the help you needed was already sitting right there in your command line, ready to explain things in plain English?
That's exactly what RHEL 10's command-line assistant, powered by RHEL Lightspeed, does, which is an AI-powered helper that lives directly in your terminal, understands natural language questions, and can explain commands, suggest solutions, and help you troubleshoot problems without you ever leaving your shell.
The beauty of this tool is that it draws from thousands of pages of Red Hat documentation and the Red Hat Knowledgebase, designed specifically for the Linux environment you're already working in, as it understands system administration tasks, knows about RHEL-specific tools, and speaks both human language and shell commands fluently.
What You'll Need Before Starting
First, let's make sure you have a running RHEL 10 system with a Red Hat subscription, which is the baseline requirement because this AI assistant is specifically built for this version.
You should also have sudo privileges on your machine, since we'll be installing packages and making system-level changes.
You don't need any prior experience with AI tools or complex configurations. If you can open a terminal and type commands, you're ready to go.
Installing the Command-Line Assistant
The command-line assistant client RPM is available for RHEL 10 and RHEL 9, but it's not installed by default, because not everyone wants or needs it, and Red Hat keeps base installations lean.
Open your terminal and let's start by updating your system to make sure all your existing packages are current:
sudo dnf update -y
Once that's done, you can install the package with a single command: