How To Install anaconda-live on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install anaconda-live on Rocky Linux 8. anaconda-live is Live installation specific files and dependencies

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install anaconda-live on Rocky Linux 8.

What is anaconda-live

The anaconda-live package contains scripts, data and dependencies required for live installations.

We can use yum or dnf to install anaconda-live on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install anaconda-live.

Install anaconda-live on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install anaconda-live using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install anaconda-live

Install anaconda-live on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install anaconda-live using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install anaconda-live

How To Uninstall anaconda-live on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the anaconda-live package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove anaconda-live

anaconda-live Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/pam.d/liveinst
/etc/security/console.apps/liveinst
/etc/xdg/autostart/liveinst-setup.desktop
/usr/bin/liveinst
/usr/libexec/liveinst-setup.sh
/usr/sbin/liveinst
/usr/share/anaconda/gnome
/usr/share/anaconda/gnome/rhel-welcome
/usr/share/anaconda/gnome/rhel-welcome.desktop
/usr/share/applications/liveinst.desktop

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install anaconda-live on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.