How To Install mock-lvm on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mock-lvm on Rocky Linux 8. mock-lvm is LVM plugin for mock

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mock-lvm on Rocky Linux 8.

What is mock-lvm

Mock plugin that enables using LVM as a backend and support creating snapshots of the buildroot.

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

Install mock-lvm 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 mock-lvm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mock-lvm

Install mock-lvm 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 mock-lvm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mock-lvm

How To Uninstall mock-lvm on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mock-lvm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mock-lvm

mock-lvm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/lvm_root.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/lvm_root.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/lvm_root.py

References

Summary

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