How To Install cmake-rpm-macros on CentOS 8

cmake-rpm-macros is Common RPM macros for cmake

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake-rpm-macros on CentOS 8.

What is cmake-rpm-macros

This package contains common RPM macros for cmake.

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

Install cmake-rpm-macros 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 cmake-rpm-macros using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cmake-rpm-macros

Install cmake-rpm-macros 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 cmake-rpm-macros using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cmake-rpm-macros

How To Uninstall cmake-rpm-macros on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the cmake-rpm-macros package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cmake-rpm-macros

cmake-rpm-macros Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/rpm/cmake.prov
/usr/lib/rpm/cmake.req
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/cmake.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.cmake

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake-rpm-macros on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.