How To Install kiwi-boxed-plugin on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwi-boxed-plugin on Rocky Linux 8. kiwi-boxed-plugin is KIWI - Boxed Build Plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwi-boxed-plugin on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `kiwi-boxed-plugin`

The KIWI boxed plugin provides support for self contained building of images based on fast booting VM images.

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

Install kiwi-boxed-plugin 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 kiwi-boxed-plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kiwi-boxed-plugin

Install kiwi-boxed-plugin 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 kiwi-boxed-plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kiwi-boxed-plugin

How To Uninstall kiwi-boxed-plugin on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kiwi-boxed-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kiwi-boxed-plugin

kiwi-boxed-plugin Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/kiwi-boxed-plugin
/usr/share/doc/kiwi-boxed-plugin/README.rst
/usr/share/man/man8/kiwi::system::boxbuild.8.gz

References

kiwi-boxed-plugin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwi-boxed-plugin on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.