How To Install initscripts on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install initscripts on Rocky Linux 8. initscripts is Basic support for legacy System V init scripts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install initscripts on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `initscripts`

This package provides basic support for legacy System V init scripts, and some other legacy tools & utilities.

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

Install initscripts 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 initscripts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install initscripts

Install initscripts 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 initscripts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install initscripts

How To Uninstall initscripts on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the initscripts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove initscripts

initscripts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/rc.d
/etc/rc.d/init.d
/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
/etc/rc.d/rc0.d
/etc/rc.d/rc1.d
/etc/rc.d/rc2.d
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d
/etc/rc.d/rc4.d
/etc/rc.d/rc5.d
/etc/rc.d/rc6.d
/etc/rc0.d
/etc/rc1.d
/etc/rc2.d
/etc/rc3.d
/etc/rc4.d
/etc/rc5.d
/etc/rc6.d
/etc/sysconfig/console
/etc/sysconfig/modules
/usr/bin/usleep
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/3d7b9a827880ed4aa9f7a01910257836ad4d78
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/507c6a53abcb4b5682c1d2a92882a72edc0bed
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/5cfd425569ed781da7952cf35363db8f330aa5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/d99e13c7b88512c4d83d9d7c6023bda33c806d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/import-state.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/loadmodules.service
/usr/lib/udev/rename_device
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-net.rules
/usr/libexec/import-state
/usr/libexec/initscripts
/usr/libexec/initscripts/legacy-actions
/usr/libexec/loadmodules
/usr/sbin/consoletype
/usr/sbin/genhostid
/usr/sbin/service
/usr/share/doc/initscripts
/usr/share/doc/initscripts/sysconfig.txt
/usr/share/licenses/initscripts
/usr/share/licenses/initscripts/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/bal/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/bo/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ks/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/initscripts.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/consoletype.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/genhostid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/usleep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/service.8.gz

References

initscripts website

Summary

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