How To Install cros-systemd-overrides on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-systemd-overrides on CentOS 8.
What is cros-systemd-overrides
This package overrides the default behavior of some core systemd units.
We can use yum or dnf to install cros-systemd-overrides on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cros-systemd-overrides.
Install cros-systemd-overrides 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 cros-systemd-overrides using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cros-systemd-overrides
Install cros-systemd-overrides 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 cros-systemd-overrides using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cros-systemd-overrides
How To Uninstall cros-systemd-overrides on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the cros-systemd-overrides package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cros-systemd-overrides
cros-systemd-overrides Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/doc/cros-systemd-overrides
/usr/share/doc/cros-systemd-overrides/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/cros-systemd-overrides
/usr/share/licenses/cros-systemd-overrides/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-systemd-overrides on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.