How To Install copy-jdk-configs on CentOS 8

copy-jdk-configs is JDKs configuration files copier

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install copy-jdk-configs on CentOS 8.

What is copy-jdk-configs

Utility script to transfer JDKs configuration files between updates or for archiving. With script to fix incorrectly created rpmnew files

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

Install copy-jdk-configs 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 copy-jdk-configs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install copy-jdk-configs

Install copy-jdk-configs 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 copy-jdk-configs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install copy-jdk-configs

How To Uninstall copy-jdk-configs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the copy-jdk-configs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove copy-jdk-configs

copy-jdk-configs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/libexec/copy_jdk_configs.lua
/usr/libexec/copy_jdk_configs_fixFiles.sh
/usr/share/licenses/copy-jdk-configs
/usr/share/licenses/copy-jdk-configs/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install copy-jdk-configs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.