How To Install pykickstart on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pykickstart on Rocky Linux 8. pykickstart is Python utilities for manipulating kickstart files.

Introduction

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

What is pykickstart

Python utilities for manipulating kickstart files. The Python 2 and 3 libraries can be found in the packages python-kickstart and python3-kickstart respectively.

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

Install pykickstart 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 pykickstart using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pykickstart

Install pykickstart 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 pykickstart using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pykickstart

How To Uninstall pykickstart on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pykickstart

pykickstart Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ksflatten
/usr/bin/ksshell
/usr/bin/ksvalidator
/usr/bin/ksverdiff
/usr/share/doc/pykickstart
/usr/share/doc/pykickstart/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/pykickstart/kickstart.vim
/usr/share/licenses/pykickstart
/usr/share/licenses/pykickstart/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ksflatten.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ksshell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ksvalidator.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ksverdiff.1.gz

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Summary

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