How To Install dracut-caps on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-caps on Rocky Linux 8. dracut-caps is dracut modules to build a dracut initramfs which drops capabilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-caps on Rocky Linux 8.

What is dracut-caps

This package requires everything which is needed to build an initramfs with dracut, which drops capabilities.

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

Install dracut-caps 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 dracut-caps using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dracut-caps

Install dracut-caps 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 dracut-caps using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dracut-caps

How To Uninstall dracut-caps on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the dracut-caps package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dracut-caps

dracut-caps Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/02caps
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/02caps/README
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/02caps/caps.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/02caps/module-setup.sh

References

Summary

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