How To Install lorax on CentOS 8
lorax is Tool for creating the anaconda install images
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lorax on CentOS 8.
What is lorax
Lorax is a tool for creating the anaconda install images. It also includes livemedia-creator which is used to create bootable livemedia, including live isos and disk images. It can use libvirtd for the install, or Anaconda’s image install feature.
We can use yum or dnf to install lorax on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lorax.
Install lorax 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 lorax using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lorax
Install lorax 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 lorax using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lorax
How To Uninstall lorax on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the lorax package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lorax
lorax Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/lorax
/etc/lorax/lorax.conf
/usr/bin/image-minimizer
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/lorax-devel-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/base.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/base.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/buildstamp.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/buildstamp.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/creator.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/creator.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/decorators.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/decorators.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/discinfo.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/discinfo.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/dnfbase.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/dnfbase.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/dnfhelper.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/dnfhelper.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/executils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/executils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/imgutils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/imgutils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/installer.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/installer.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/ltmpl.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/ltmpl.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/monitor.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/monitor.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/mount.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/mount.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/output.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/output.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/sysutils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/sysutils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/treebuilder.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/treebuilder.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/treeinfo.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/treeinfo.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/bisect.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/bisect.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/checkparams.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/checkparams.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/compose.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/compose.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/crossdomain.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/crossdomain.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/dnfbase.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/dnfbase.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/errors.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/errors.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/gitrpm.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/gitrpm.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/projects.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/projects.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/queue.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/queue.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/recipes.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/recipes.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/regexes.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/regexes.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/server.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/server.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/timestamp.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/timestamp.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/v0.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/v0.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/workspace.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/workspace.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/bisect.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/checkparams.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/cmdline.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/compose.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/config.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/crossdomain.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/dnfbase.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/errors.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/gitrpm.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/projects.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/queue.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/recipes.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/regexes.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/server.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/timestamp.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/v0.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/workspace.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/base.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/buildstamp.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/cmdline.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/creator.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/decorators.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/discinfo.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/dnfbase.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/dnfhelper.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/executils.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/imgutils.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/installer.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/ltmpl.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/monitor.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/mount.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/output.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/sysutils.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/treebuilder.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/treeinfo.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/version.py
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/lorax.conf
/usr/sbin/livemedia-creator
/usr/sbin/lorax
/usr/sbin/mkefiboot
/usr/share/doc/lorax
/usr/share/doc/lorax/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/lorax/composer-cli.rst
/usr/share/doc/lorax/livemedia-creator.rst
/usr/share/doc/lorax/lorax-composer.rst
/usr/share/doc/lorax/lorax.rst
/usr/share/doc/lorax/product-images.rst
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-atomic-pxe-live-novirt.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-atomic-pxe-live.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-container.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-livemedia.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-minimal.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-minimized.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-openstack.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-vagrant.ks
/usr/share/licenses/lorax
/usr/share/licenses/lorax/COPYING
/usr/share/lorax
/usr/share/man/man1/composer-cli.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/livemedia-creator.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lorax-composer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lorax.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lorax on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.