How To Install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8

centos-linux-release is CentOS Linux release files CentOS Linux release files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8.

What is centos-linux-release

CentOS Linux release files. centos-linux-release 8.4 1.2105.el8 noarch 22 k centos-linux-release-8.4-1.2105.el8.src.rpm baseos CentOS Linux release files https GPLv2 CentOS Linux release files.

We can use yum or dnf to install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install centos-linux-release.

Install centos-linux-release 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 centos-linux-release using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install centos-linux-release

Install centos-linux-release 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 centos-linux-release using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install centos-linux-release

How To Uninstall centos-linux-release on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the centos-linux-release package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove centos-linux-release

centos-linux-release Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/centos-release
/etc/centos-release-upstream
/etc/issue
/etc/issue.net
/etc/os-release
/etc/redhat-release
/etc/rpm/macros.dist
/etc/system-release
/etc/system-release-cpe
/usr/lib/os-release
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/85-display-manager.preset
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/90-default.preset
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/99-default-disable.preset
/usr/share/centos-release
/usr/share/centos-release/EULA
/usr/share/doc/centos-linux-release
/usr/share/doc/centos-linux-release/Contributors
/usr/share/licenses/centos-linux-release
/usr/share/licenses/centos-linux-release/LICENSE
/usr/share/redhat-release

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.