How To Install dracut-kiwi-oem-repart on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-kiwi-oem-repart on CentOS 8.
What is dracut-kiwi-oem-repart
This package contains the kiwi-repart dracut module which is used to repartition the oem disk image to the current disk geometry according to the setup in the kiwi image configuration
We can use yum or dnf to install dracut-kiwi-oem-repart on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dracut-kiwi-oem-repart.
Install dracut-kiwi-oem-repart 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-repart using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dracut-kiwi-oem-repart
Install dracut-kiwi-oem-repart 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-repart using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dracut-kiwi-oem-repart
How To Uninstall dracut-kiwi-oem-repart on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dracut-kiwi-oem-repart package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dracut-kiwi-oem-repart
dracut-kiwi-oem-repart Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-repart
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-repart/kiwi-repart-disk.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-repart/module-setup.sh
/usr/share/licenses/dracut-kiwi-oem-repart
/usr/share/licenses/dracut-kiwi-oem-repart/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-kiwi-oem-repart on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.