How To Install kernel-abi-stablelists on CentOS 8

kernel-abi-stablelists is The CentOS kernel ABI symbol stablelists

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-abi-stablelists on CentOS 8.

What is `kernel-abi-stablelists`

The kABI package contains information pertaining to the CentOS kernel ABI, including lists of kernel symbols that are needed by external Linux kernel modules, and a yum plugin to aid enforcement.

We can use yum or dnf to install kernel-abi-stablelists on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kernel-abi-stablelists.

Install kernel-abi-stablelists 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 kernel-abi-stablelists using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kernel-abi-stablelists

Install kernel-abi-stablelists 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 kernel-abi-stablelists using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kernel-abi-stablelists

How To Uninstall kernel-abi-stablelists on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the kernel-abi-stablelists package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kernel-abi-stablelists

kernel-abi-stablelists Package Contents on CentOS 8

/lib/modules/kabi-current
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_stablelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_stablelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_stablelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_stablelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_whitelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_whitelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_whitelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel80/kabi_whitelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_stablelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_stablelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_stablelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_stablelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_whitelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_whitelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_whitelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel81/kabi_whitelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_stablelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_stablelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_stablelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_stablelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_whitelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_whitelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_whitelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel82/kabi_whitelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_stablelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_stablelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_stablelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_stablelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_whitelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_whitelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_whitelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel83/kabi_whitelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_stablelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_stablelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_stablelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_stablelist_x86_64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_whitelist_aarch64
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_whitelist_ppc64le
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_whitelist_s390x
/lib/modules/kabi-rhel84/kabi_whitelist_x86_64

References

kernel-abi-stablelists website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-abi-stablelists on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.