How To Install anaconda-install-env-deps on CentOS 8

anaconda-install-env-deps is Installation environment specific dependencies

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install anaconda-install-env-deps on CentOS 8.

What is anaconda-install-env-deps

The anaconda-install-env-deps metapackage lists all installation environment dependencies. This makes it possible for packages (such as Initial Setup) to depend on the main Anaconda package without pulling in all the install time dependencies as well.

We can use yum or dnf to install anaconda-install-env-deps on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install anaconda-install-env-deps.

Install anaconda-install-env-deps on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install anaconda-install-env-deps using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install anaconda-install-env-deps

Install anaconda-install-env-deps on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install anaconda-install-env-deps using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install anaconda-install-env-deps

How To Uninstall anaconda-install-env-deps on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the anaconda-install-env-deps package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove anaconda-install-env-deps

anaconda-install-env-deps Package Contents on CentOS 8

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install anaconda-install-env-deps on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.