How To Install createrepo_c on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install createrepo_c on CentOS 8.
What is createrepo_c
C implementation of Createrepo. A set of utilities (createrepo_c, mergerepo_c, modifyrepo_c) for generating a common metadata repository from a directory of rpm packages and maintaining it.
We can use yum or dnf to install createrepo_c on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install createrepo_c.
Install createrepo_c 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 createrepo_c using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install createrepo_c
Install createrepo_c 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 createrepo_c using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install createrepo_c
How To Uninstall createrepo_c on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the createrepo_c package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove createrepo_c
createrepo_c Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/createrepo
/usr/bin/createrepo_c
/usr/bin/mergerepo
/usr/bin/mergerepo_c
/usr/bin/modifyrepo
/usr/bin/modifyrepo_c
/usr/bin/sqliterepo_c
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/5b61d287c95918a1059530628e394ca98f3c68
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/43a15561ff512f1e621965f0a4daa914edd92b
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/dc5b1e300d5f0050facc2a3adb340994f3868c
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/0959d0717c4db765f81062f930c969b2f17faa
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/createrepo_c
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mergerepo_c
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/modifyrepo_c
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/sqliterepo_c
/usr/share/doc/createrepo_c
/usr/share/doc/createrepo_c/README.md
/usr/share/man/man8/createrepo_c.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mergerepo_c.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/modifyrepo_c.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sqliterepo_c.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install createrepo_c on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.