How To Install greenboot-grub2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install greenboot-grub2 on Rocky Linux 8. greenboot-grub2 is Grub2 specific scripts for greenboot

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install greenboot-grub2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is greenboot-grub2

Grub2 specific scripts for greenboot.

We can use yum or dnf to install greenboot-grub2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install greenboot-grub2.

Install greenboot-grub2 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 greenboot-grub2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install greenboot-grub2

Install greenboot-grub2 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 greenboot-grub2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install greenboot-grub2

How To Uninstall greenboot-grub2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the greenboot-grub2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove greenboot-grub2

greenboot-grub2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/systemd/system/greenboot-grub2-set-counter.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/greenboot-grub2-set-success.service
/usr/libexec/greenboot/greenboot-grub2-set-counter

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install greenboot-grub2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.