How To Install boom-boot on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boom-boot on Rocky Linux 8. boom-boot is A set of libraries and tools for managing boot loader entries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boom-boot on Rocky Linux 8.

What is boom-boot

Boom is a boot manager for Linux systems using boot loaders that support the BootLoader Specification for boot entry configuration. Boom requires a BLS compatible boot loader to function systemd-boot project, or Grub2 with the BLS patch (Red Hat Grub2 builds include this support in both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Fedora).

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

Install boom-boot 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 boom-boot using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boom-boot

Install boom-boot 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 boom-boot using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boom-boot

How To Uninstall boom-boot on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the boom-boot package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boom-boot

boom-boot Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/boom
/usr/share/doc/boom-boot
/usr/share/doc/boom-boot/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/boom-boot
/usr/share/licenses/boom-boot/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/boom.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/boom.8.gz

References

Summary

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