How To Install dnf-plugin-spacewalk on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-plugin-spacewalk on Rocky Linux 8. dnf-plugin-spacewalk is DNF plugin for Spacewalk

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-plugin-spacewalk on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `dnf-plugin-spacewalk`

This DNF plugin provides access to a Spacewalk server for software updates.

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

Install dnf-plugin-spacewalk 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 dnf-plugin-spacewalk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugin-spacewalk

Install dnf-plugin-spacewalk 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 dnf-plugin-spacewalk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dnf-plugin-spacewalk

How To Uninstall dnf-plugin-spacewalk on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the dnf-plugin-spacewalk package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dnf-plugin-spacewalk

dnf-plugin-spacewalk Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/dnf/plugins/spacewalk.conf
/usr/share/licenses/dnf-plugin-spacewalk
/usr/share/licenses/dnf-plugin-spacewalk/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man5/spacewalk.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-plugin-spacewalk.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf.plugin.spacewalk.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/yum-rhn-plugin.8.gz
/var/lib/up2date

References

dnf-plugin-spacewalk website

Summary

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