How To Install brltty-dracut on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install brltty-dracut on Rocky Linux 8. brltty-dracut is brltty module for Dracut

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install brltty-dracut on Rocky Linux 8.

What is brltty-dracut

This package provides brltty module for Dracut.

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

Install brltty-dracut 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 brltty-dracut using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install brltty-dracut

Install brltty-dracut 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 brltty-dracut using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install brltty-dracut

How To Uninstall brltty-dracut on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the brltty-dracut package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove brltty-dracut

brltty-dracut Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/brltty/Initramfs
/etc/brltty/Initramfs/cmdline
/etc/brltty/Initramfs/dracut.conf
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99brltty
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99brltty/README
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99brltty/alsa-start.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99brltty/bluetooth-start.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99brltty/brltty-start.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99brltty/brltty-stop.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99brltty/dbus-start.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99brltty/module-setup.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99brltty/pulse-start.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99brltty/pulse-stop.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99brltty/speechd-start.sh

References

Summary

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