How To Install rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit on Rocky Linux 8.

What is rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit

This plugin blocks systemd from entering idle, sleep or shutdown while an rpm transaction is running using the systemd-inhibit mechanism.

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

Install rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit 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 rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit

Install rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit 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 rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit

How To Uninstall rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit

rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/a5c031e29955eaf9746dac5c05d64822abe055
/usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/systemd_inhibit.so
/usr/share/man/man8/rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/5094be8658b013205fea8f5932bab1330773bc
/usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/systemd_inhibit.so
/usr/share/man/man8/rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit.8.gz

References

• rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.