How To Install osbuild on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install osbuild on Rocky Linux 8. osbuild is A build system for OS images

Introduction

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

What is `osbuild`

A build system for OS images

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

Install osbuild 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 osbuild using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install osbuild

Install osbuild 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 osbuild using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install osbuild

How To Uninstall osbuild on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove osbuild

osbuild Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/osbuild
/usr/lib/osbuild
/usr/lib/osbuild/assemblers
/usr/lib/osbuild/assemblers/org.osbuild.error
/usr/lib/osbuild/assemblers/org.osbuild.noop
/usr/lib/osbuild/assemblers/org.osbuild.oci-archive
/usr/lib/osbuild/assemblers/org.osbuild.qemu
/usr/lib/osbuild/assemblers/org.osbuild.rawfs
/usr/lib/osbuild/assemblers/org.osbuild.tar
/usr/lib/osbuild/inputs
/usr/lib/osbuild/inputs/org.osbuild.files
/usr/lib/osbuild/inputs/org.osbuild.noop
/usr/lib/osbuild/inputs/org.osbuild.ostree
/usr/lib/osbuild/inputs/org.osbuild.tree
/usr/lib/osbuild/osbuild
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.arch
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.centos8
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.fedora30
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.fedora31
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.fedora32
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.fedora33
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.fedora34
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.linux
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.rhel81
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.rhel82
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.rhel83
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.rhel84
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.rhel85
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.rhel90
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.ubuntu1804
/usr/lib/osbuild/runners/org.osbuild.ubuntu2004
/usr/lib/osbuild/schemas
/usr/lib/osbuild/sources
/usr/lib/osbuild/sources/org.osbuild.curl
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.anaconda
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.bootiso.mono
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.buildstamp
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.chrony
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.debug-shell
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.discinfo
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.dracut
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.error
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.firewall
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.first-boot
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.fix-bls
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.fstab
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.groups
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.grub2
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.hostname
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.ignition
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.implantisomd5
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.kernel-cmdline
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.keymap
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.kickstart
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.locale
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.lorax-script
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.noop
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.oci-archive
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.ostree.commit
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.ostree.init
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.ostree.preptree
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.ostree.pull
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.resolv-conf
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.rhsm
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.rpm
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.selinux
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.sysconfig
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.systemd
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.tar
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.test
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.timezone
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.users
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.xorrisofs
/usr/lib/osbuild/stages/org.osbuild.zipl
/usr/share/licenses/osbuild
/usr/share/licenses/osbuild/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/osbuild.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/osbuild-manifest.5.gz
/usr/share/osbuild/schemas
/usr/share/osbuild/schemas/osbuild1.json
/usr/share/osbuild/schemas/osbuild2.json

References

osbuild website

Summary

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