How To Install dracut-live on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-live on Rocky Linux 8.
What is dracut-live
This package requires everything which is needed to build an initramfs with dracut, with live image capabilities, like Live CDs.
We can use yum or dnf to install dracut-live on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dracut-live.
Install dracut-live 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-live using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dracut-live
Install dracut-live 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-live using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dracut-live
How To Uninstall dracut-live on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the dracut-live package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dracut-live
dracut-live Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dmsquash-live
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dmsquash-live-ntfs
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dmsquash-live-ntfs/module-setup.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/apply-live-updates.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/[email protected]
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-generator.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-live-genrules.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-live-root.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/dmsquash-liveiso-genrules.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/iso-scan.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/module-setup.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/parse-dmsquash-live.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/parse-iso-scan.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90livenet
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90livenet/fetch-liveupdate.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90livenet/livenet-generator.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90livenet/livenetroot.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90livenet/module-setup.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90livenet/parse-livenet.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99img-lib
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99img-lib/img-lib.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99img-lib/module-setup.sh
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-live on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
