How To Install epel-rpm-macros on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install epel-rpm-macros on CentOS 8.
What is epel-rpm-macros
This package contains the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) RPM macros for building EPEL packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install epel-rpm-macros on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install epel-rpm-macros.
Install epel-rpm-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 epel-rpm-macros using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install epel-rpm-macros
Install epel-rpm-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 epel-rpm-macros using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install epel-rpm-macros
How To Uninstall epel-rpm-macros on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the epel-rpm-macros package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove epel-rpm-macros
epel-rpm-macros Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/rpm/macros.zzz-epel-override
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/pythondist.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/gpgverify
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.epel-rpm-macros
/usr/share/licenses/epel-rpm-macros
/usr/share/licenses/epel-rpm-macros/GPL
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install epel-rpm-macros on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.