How To Install dracut-kiwi-oem-dump on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-kiwi-oem-dump on CentOS 8.
What is dracut-kiwi-oem-dump
This package contains the kiwi-dump and kiwi-dump-reboot dracut modules which is used to install an oem image onto a target disk. It implements a simple installer which allows for user selected target disk or unattended installation to target. The source of the image to install could be either from media(CD/DVD/USB) or from remote
We can use yum or dnf to install dracut-kiwi-oem-dump on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dracut-kiwi-oem-dump.
Install dracut-kiwi-oem-dump 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 dracut-kiwi-oem-dump using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dracut-kiwi-oem-dump
Install dracut-kiwi-oem-dump 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 dracut-kiwi-oem-dump using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dracut-kiwi-oem-dump
How To Uninstall dracut-kiwi-oem-dump on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dracut-kiwi-oem-dump package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dracut-kiwi-oem-dump
dracut-kiwi-oem-dump Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-dump
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-dump/kiwi-dump-image.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-dump/kiwi-installer-device.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-dump/kiwi-installer-genrules.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-dump/kiwi-mount-ramdisk.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-dump/kiwi-ramdisk-deployment-generator.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-dump/module-setup.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-dump/parse-kiwi-install.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99kiwi-dump-reboot
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99kiwi-dump-reboot/kiwi-dump-reboot-system.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99kiwi-dump-reboot/module-setup.sh
/usr/share/licenses/dracut-kiwi-oem-dump
/usr/share/licenses/dracut-kiwi-oem-dump/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-kiwi-oem-dump on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.