How To Install fedpkg-minimal on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fedpkg-minimal on CentOS 8.
What is fedpkg-minimal
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We can use yum or dnf to install fedpkg-minimal on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fedpkg-minimal.
Install fedpkg-minimal 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 fedpkg-minimal using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fedpkg-minimal
Install fedpkg-minimal 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 fedpkg-minimal using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fedpkg-minimal
How To Uninstall fedpkg-minimal on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the fedpkg-minimal package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fedpkg-minimal
fedpkg-minimal Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/fedpkg
/usr/bin/fedpkg-base
/usr/bin/fedpkg-stg
/usr/share/doc/fedpkg-minimal
/usr/share/doc/fedpkg-minimal/AUTHORS.md
/usr/share/doc/fedpkg-minimal/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/fedpkg-minimal
/usr/share/licenses/fedpkg-minimal/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fedpkg-minimal on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.