How To Install mock on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mock on Rocky Linux 8. mock is Builds packages inside chroots

Introduction

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

What is `mock`

Mock takes an SRPM and builds it in a chroot.

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

Install mock 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mock

Install mock 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mock

How To Uninstall mock on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mock

mock Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/mock/logging.ini
/etc/pam.d/mock
/etc/pki/mock
/etc/pki/mock/README.txt
/etc/security/console.apps/mock
/usr/bin/mock
/usr/bin/mock-parse-buildlog
/usr/bin/mockchain
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/backend.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/backend.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/buildroot.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/buildroot.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/exception.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/exception.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/external.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/external.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/file_downloader.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/file_downloader.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/file_util.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/file_util.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/mounts.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/mounts.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/plugin.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/podman.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/podman.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/text.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/trace_decorator.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/trace_decorator.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/uid.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/uid.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/util.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/__pycache__/util.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/backend.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/buildroot.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/config.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/exception.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/external.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/file_downloader.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/file_util.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/mounts.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/package_manager.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugin.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/bind_mount.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/bind_mount.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/ccache.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/ccache.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/chroot_scan.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/chroot_scan.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/compress_logs.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/sign.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/tmpfs.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/yum_cache.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/yum_cache.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/bind_mount.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/ccache.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/chroot_scan.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/compress_logs.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/hw_info.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/mount.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/overlayfs.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/package_state.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/pm_request.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/procenv.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/root_cache.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/rpkg_preprocessor.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/selinux.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/showrc.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/sign.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/tmpfs.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/yum_cache.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/podman.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/rebuild.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/state.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/text.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/trace_decorator.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/uid.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/util.py
/usr/libexec/mock
/usr/libexec/mock/create_default_route_in_container.sh
/usr/libexec/mock/mock
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mock
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mock-parse-buildlog
/usr/share/cheat/mock
/usr/share/doc/mock/site-defaults.cfg
/usr/share/man/man1/mock-parse-buildlog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mock.1.gz
/var/cache/mock
/var/lib/mock

References

mock website

Summary

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