How To Install seavgabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install seavgabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8. seavgabios-bin is Seavgabios for x86

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install seavgabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8.

What is seavgabios-bin

SeaVGABIOS is an open-source VGABIOS implementation.

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

Install seavgabios-bin 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 seavgabios-bin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install seavgabios-bin

Install seavgabios-bin 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 seavgabios-bin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install seavgabios-bin

How To Uninstall seavgabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the seavgabios-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove seavgabios-bin

seavgabios-bin Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/seavgabios
/usr/share/seavgabios/vgabios-bochs-display.bin
/usr/share/seavgabios/vgabios-cirrus.bin
/usr/share/seavgabios/vgabios-qxl.bin
/usr/share/seavgabios/vgabios-ramfb.bin
/usr/share/seavgabios/vgabios-stdvga.bin
/usr/share/seavgabios/vgabios-virtio.bin

References

Summary

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