How To Install cros-systemd-overrides on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-systemd-overrides on Rocky Linux 8. cros-systemd-overrides is Systemd overrides for running under Chromium OS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-systemd-overrides on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `cros-systemd-overrides`

This package overrides the default behavior of some core systemd units.

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

Install cros-systemd-overrides 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-systemd-overrides using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cros-systemd-overrides

Install cros-systemd-overrides 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-systemd-overrides using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cros-systemd-overrides

How To Uninstall cros-systemd-overrides on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the cros-systemd-overrides package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cros-systemd-overrides

cros-systemd-overrides Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/cros-systemd-overrides
/usr/share/doc/cros-systemd-overrides/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/cros-systemd-overrides
/usr/share/licenses/cros-systemd-overrides/LICENSE

References

cros-systemd-overrides website

Summary

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