How To Install oscap-anaconda-addon on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install oscap-anaconda-addon on Rocky Linux 8. oscap-anaconda-addon is Anaconda addon integrating OpenSCAP to the installation process

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oscap-anaconda-addon on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `oscap-anaconda-addon`

This is an addon that integrates OpenSCAP utilities with the Anaconda installer and allows installation of systems following restrictions given by a SCAP content.

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

Install oscap-anaconda-addon 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 oscap-anaconda-addon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install oscap-anaconda-addon

Install oscap-anaconda-addon 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 oscap-anaconda-addon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install oscap-anaconda-addon

How To Uninstall oscap-anaconda-addon on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the oscap-anaconda-addon package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove oscap-anaconda-addon

oscap-anaconda-addon Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/__init__.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/__pycache__
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/common.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/content_handling.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/data_fetch.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/gui
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/gui/__init__.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/gui/spokes
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/gui/spokes/__init__.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/gui/spokes/oscap.glade
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/gui/spokes/oscap.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/ks
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/ks/__init__.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/ks/__pycache__
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/ks/oscap.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/rule_handling.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/org_fedora_oscap/utils.py
/usr/share/doc/oscap-anaconda-addon
/usr/share/doc/oscap-anaconda-addon/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/oscap-anaconda-addon/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/oscap-anaconda-addon/README.md
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/oscap-anaconda-addon.mo

References

oscap-anaconda-addon website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install oscap-anaconda-addon on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.