How To Install criu on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install criu on Rocky Linux 8. criu is Tool for Checkpoint/Restore in User-space

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install criu on Rocky Linux 8.

What is criu

criu is the user-space part of Checkpoint/Restore in User-space (CRIU), a project to implement checkpoint/restore functionality for Linux in user-space.

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

Install criu 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 criu using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install criu

Install criu 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 criu using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install criu

How To Uninstall criu on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the criu package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove criu

criu Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/run/criu
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/f3ae16e8d118a4d612212a7ea6ec17571cf18c
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/criu.conf
/usr/sbin/criu
/usr/share/doc/criu
/usr/share/doc/criu/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/criu/README.md
/usr/share/man/man8/criu.8.gz

References

Summary

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