How To Install distgen on CentOS 8

distgen is Templating system/generator for distributions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install distgen on CentOS 8.

What is `distgen`

Based on given template specification (configuration for template), template file and preexisting distribution metadata generate output file.

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

Install distgen 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 distgen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install distgen

Install distgen 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 distgen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install distgen

How To Uninstall distgen on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the distgen package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove distgen

distgen Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/dg
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen-1.7-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen-1.7-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen-1.7-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen-1.7-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen-1.7-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen-1.7-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/commands.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/commands.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/distro_version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/distro_version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/err.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/err.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/generator.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/generator.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/multispec.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/multispec.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/pathmanager.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/pathmanager.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/project.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/project.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/commands.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/config.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/distro_version.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/err.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/generator.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/multispec.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/pathmanager.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/project.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/version.py
/usr/share/distgen
/usr/share/distgen/distconf
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/centos-6-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/centos-7-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/centos-8-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-20-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-20-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-21-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-21-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-22-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-22-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-23-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-23-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-24-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-24-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-25-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-25-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-26-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-26-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-27-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-27-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-28-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-28-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-29-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-29-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-30-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-30-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-31-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-31-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-32-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-32-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-33-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-33-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-34-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-34-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-35-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-35-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-rawhide-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-rawhide-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/lib
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/lib/centos.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/lib/fedora.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/lib/general.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/lib/rhel.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/lib/rpmsystems.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/rhel-7-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/rhel-7.2-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/rhel-7.3-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/rhel-8-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/templates
/usr/share/distgen/templates/container
/usr/share/distgen/templates/container/docker
/usr/share/distgen/templates/container/docker/parts.tpl
/usr/share/distgen/templates/docker.tpl
/usr/share/distgen/templates/general.tpl
/usr/share/distgen/templates/makefile-macros.tpl
/usr/share/doc/distgen
/usr/share/doc/distgen/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/distgen/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/builtins.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/conf.py
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/config.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/index.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/intro.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/macros.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/spec_expansion.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/spec_multispec.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/usage.rst
/usr/share/licenses/distgen
/usr/share/licenses/distgen/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/dg.1.gz

References

distgen website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install distgen on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.