How To Install pykickstart on CentOS 8

pykickstart is Python utilities for manipulating kickstart files.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pykickstart on CentOS 8.

What is pykickstart

Python utilities for manipulating kickstart files. The Python 2 and 3 libraries can be found in the packages python-kickstart and python3-kickstart respectively.

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

Install pykickstart 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 pykickstart using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pykickstart

Install pykickstart 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 pykickstart using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pykickstart

How To Uninstall pykickstart on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the pykickstart package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pykickstart

pykickstart Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/ksflatten
/usr/bin/ksshell
/usr/bin/ksvalidator
/usr/bin/ksverdiff
/usr/share/doc/pykickstart
/usr/share/doc/pykickstart/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/pykickstart/kickstart.vim
/usr/share/licenses/pykickstart
/usr/share/licenses/pykickstart/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ksflatten.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ksshell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ksvalidator.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ksverdiff.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pykickstart on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.