How To Install greenboot-status on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install greenboot-status on Rocky Linux 8. greenboot-status is Message of the Day updater for greenboot

Introduction

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

What is greenboot-status

Message of the Day updater for greenboot.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install greenboot-status

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

sudo yum -y install greenboot-status

How To Uninstall greenboot-status on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove greenboot-status

greenboot-status Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/motd.d/boot-status
/usr/lib/systemd/system/greenboot-status.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/greenboot-status-motd.conf
/usr/libexec/greenboot/greenboot-status

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Summary

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