How To Install dnf-plugin-spacewalk on CentOS 8

dnf-plugin-spacewalk is DNF plugin for Spacewalk

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-plugin-spacewalk on CentOS 8.

What is dnf-plugin-spacewalk

This DNF plugin provides access to a Spacewalk server for software updates.

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

Install dnf-plugin-spacewalk 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 dnf-plugin-spacewalk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugin-spacewalk

Install dnf-plugin-spacewalk 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 dnf-plugin-spacewalk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dnf-plugin-spacewalk

How To Uninstall dnf-plugin-spacewalk on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dnf-plugin-spacewalk package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dnf-plugin-spacewalk

dnf-plugin-spacewalk Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/dnf/plugins/spacewalk.conf
/usr/share/licenses/dnf-plugin-spacewalk
/usr/share/licenses/dnf-plugin-spacewalk/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man5/spacewalk.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-plugin-spacewalk.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf.plugin.spacewalk.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/yum-rhn-plugin.8.gz
/var/lib/up2date

References

Summary

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