How To Install cros-guest-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-guest-tools on Rocky Linux 8. cros-guest-tools is Chromium OS integration meta package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-guest-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `cros-guest-tools`

This package has dependencies on all other packages necessary for Chromium OS integration.

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

Install cros-guest-tools 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 cros-guest-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cros-guest-tools

Install cros-guest-tools 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 cros-guest-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cros-guest-tools

How To Uninstall cros-guest-tools on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the cros-guest-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cros-guest-tools

cros-guest-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/skel/.config
/usr/share/doc/cros-guest-tools
/usr/share/doc/cros-guest-tools/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/cros-guest-tools
/usr/share/licenses/cros-guest-tools/LICENSE

References

cros-guest-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-guest-tools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.