How To Install composer-cli on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install composer-cli on Rocky Linux 8. composer-cli is A command line tool for use with the lorax-composer API server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install composer-cli on Rocky Linux 8.

What is composer-cli

A command line tool for use with the lorax-composer API server. Examine recipes, build images, etc. from the command line.

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

Install composer-cli 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 composer-cli using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install composer-cli

Install composer-cli 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 composer-cli using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install composer-cli

How To Uninstall composer-cli on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the composer-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove composer-cli

composer-cli Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/bash_completion.d/composer-cli
/usr/bin/composer-cli
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/http_client.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/http_client.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/unix_socket.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/unix_socket.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/blueprints.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/blueprints.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/compose.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/compose.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/help.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/help.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/modules.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/modules.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/projects.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/projects.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/sources.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/sources.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/status.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/status.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/utilities.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/utilities.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/blueprints.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/cmdline.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/compose.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/help.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/modules.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/projects.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/sources.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/status.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/utilities.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/http_client.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/unix_socket.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/version.py

References

Summary

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