How To Install plymouth-scripts on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-scripts on Rocky Linux 8. plymouth-scripts is Plymouth related scripts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-scripts on Rocky Linux 8.

What is plymouth-scripts

This package contains scripts that help integrate Plymouth with the system.

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

Install plymouth-scripts 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 plymouth-scripts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plymouth-scripts

Install plymouth-scripts 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 plymouth-scripts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plymouth-scripts

How To Uninstall plymouth-scripts on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the plymouth-scripts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove plymouth-scripts

plymouth-scripts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/libexec/plymouth/plymouth-generate-initrd
/usr/libexec/plymouth/plymouth-populate-initrd
/usr/libexec/plymouth/plymouth-update-initrd
/usr/sbin/plymouth-set-default-theme

References

Summary

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