How To Install composer-cli on CentOS 8
composer-cli is A command line tool for use with the lorax-composer API server
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install composer-cli on CentOS 8.
What is composer-cli
A command line tool for use with the lorax-composer API server. Examine recipes, build images, etc. from the command line.
We can use yum or dnf to install composer-cli on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install composer-cli.
Install composer-cli 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 composer-cli using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install composer-cli
Install composer-cli 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 composer-cli using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install composer-cli
How To Uninstall composer-cli on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the composer-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove composer-cli
composer-cli Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/bash_completion.d/composer-cli
/usr/bin/composer-cli
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/http_client.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/http_client.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/unix_socket.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/unix_socket.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/blueprints.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/blueprints.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/compose.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/compose.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/help.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/help.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/modules.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/modules.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/projects.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/projects.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/sources.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/sources.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/status.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/status.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/utilities.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/__pycache__/utilities.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/blueprints.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/cmdline.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/compose.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/help.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/modules.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/projects.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/sources.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/status.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/cli/utilities.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/http_client.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/unix_socket.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/composer/version.py
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install composer-cli on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.