How To Install kernel-abi-stablelists on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-abi-stablelists on Rocky Linux 8. kernel-abi-stablelists is The Rocky Linux kernel ABI symbol stablelists

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-abi-stablelists on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `kernel-abi-stablelists`

The kABI package contains information pertaining to the Rocky Linux kernel ABI, including lists of kernel symbols that are needed by external Linux kernel modules, and a yum plugin to aid enforcement.

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

Install kernel-abi-stablelists 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 kernel-abi-stablelists using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kernel-abi-stablelists

Install kernel-abi-stablelists 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 kernel-abi-stablelists using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kernel-abi-stablelists

How To Uninstall kernel-abi-stablelists on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kernel-abi-stablelists package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kernel-abi-stablelists

kernel-abi-stablelists Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/lib/modules/kabi-current
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_stablelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_stablelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_stablelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_stablelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_whitelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_whitelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_whitelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_whitelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_stablelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_stablelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_stablelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_stablelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_whitelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_whitelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_whitelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_whitelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_stablelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_stablelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_stablelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_stablelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_whitelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_whitelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_whitelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_whitelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_stablelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_stablelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_stablelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_stablelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_whitelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_whitelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_whitelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_whitelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_stablelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_stablelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_stablelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_stablelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_whitelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_whitelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_whitelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_whitelist_x86_64

References

kernel-abi-stablelists website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-abi-stablelists on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.