How To Install sgabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is sgabios-bin

SGABIOS is designed to be inserted into a BIOS as an option rom to provide over a serial port the display and input capabilities normally handled by a VGA adapter and a keyboard, and additionally provide hooks for logging displayed characters for later collection after an operating system boots.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install sgabios-bin

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

sudo yum -y install sgabios-bin

How To Uninstall sgabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove sgabios-bin

sgabios-bin Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/sgabios
/usr/share/sgabios/sgabios.bin

References

Summary

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