How To Install efi-srpm-macros on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install efi-srpm-macros on CentOS 8.
What is efi-srpm-macros
efi-srpm-macros provides a set of SRPM macros for use in EFI-related packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install efi-srpm-macros on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install efi-srpm-macros.
Install efi-srpm-macros 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 efi-srpm-macros using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install efi-srpm-macros
Install efi-srpm-macros 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 efi-srpm-macros using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install efi-srpm-macros
How To Uninstall efi-srpm-macros on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the efi-srpm-macros package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove efi-srpm-macros
efi-srpm-macros Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.efi-srpm
/usr/share/doc/efi-srpm-macros
/usr/share/doc/efi-srpm-macros/README
/usr/share/licenses/efi-srpm-macros
/usr/share/licenses/efi-srpm-macros/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install efi-srpm-macros on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.