How To Install kiwi-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwi-tools on Rocky Linux 8. kiwi-tools is KIWI - Collection of Boot Helper Tools

Introduction

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

What is `kiwi-tools`

This package contains a small set of helper tools used for the kiwi created initial ramdisk which is used to control the very first boot of an appliance. The tools are not meant to be used outside of the scope of kiwi appliance building.

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

Install kiwi-tools 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-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kiwi-tools

Install kiwi-tools 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-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kiwi-tools

How To Uninstall kiwi-tools on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kiwi-tools

kiwi-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/dcounter
/usr/bin/isconsole
/usr/bin/utimer
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/c0a94755677cc3ff5e21f7c253a1999164a9ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/35d0059a116cb4aafcb84ba32335c2d8d64d36
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/0f8075c82903119d7ffae86202e032047d50d5
/usr/share/licenses/kiwi-tools
/usr/share/licenses/kiwi-tools/LICENSE

References

kiwi-tools website

Summary

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