How To Install readonly-root on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install readonly-root on Rocky Linux 8.
What is readonly-root
This package provides script & configuration file for setting up read-only root support. Additional configuration is required after installation.
We can use yum or dnf to install readonly-root on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install readonly-root.
Install readonly-root 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 readonly-root using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install readonly-root
Install readonly-root 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 readonly-root using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install readonly-root
How To Uninstall readonly-root on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the readonly-root package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove readonly-root
readonly-root Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/rwtab
/etc/statetab
/etc/sysconfig/readonly-root
/usr/lib/systemd/system/readonly-root.service
/usr/libexec/readonly-root
/var/lib/stateless
/var/lib/stateless/state
/var/lib/stateless/writable
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install readonly-root on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
