How To Install fedora-repo-zdicts on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedora-repo-zdicts on Rocky Linux 8. fedora-repo-zdicts is Zstd dictionaries for Fedora repository metadata

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedora-repo-zdicts on Rocky Linux 8.

What is fedora-repo-zdicts

zchunk is a compressed file format that splits the file into independent chunks. This package contains zstd libraries tailored for Fedora’s repository metadata to improve their compression.

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

Install fedora-repo-zdicts 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 fedora-repo-zdicts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fedora-repo-zdicts

Install fedora-repo-zdicts 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 fedora-repo-zdicts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fedora-repo-zdicts

How To Uninstall fedora-repo-zdicts on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the fedora-repo-zdicts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fedora-repo-zdicts

fedora-repo-zdicts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/fedora-repo-zdicts
/usr/share/doc/fedora-repo-zdicts/README.md
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f32
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f32/comps.xml.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f32/filelists.xml.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f32/other.xml.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f32/primary.xml.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f33
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f33/comps.xml.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f33/filelists.xml.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f33/other.xml.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f33/primary.xml.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f34
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f34/comps.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f34/filelists.xml.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f34/other.xml.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/f34/primary.xml.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/rawhide
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/rawhide/comps.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/rawhide/filelists.xml.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/rawhide/other.xml.zdict
/usr/share/fedora-repo-zdicts/rawhide/primary.xml.zdict
/usr/share/licenses/fedora-repo-zdicts
/usr/share/licenses/fedora-repo-zdicts/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedora-repo-zdicts on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.