How To Install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock on CentOS 8.
What is python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock
Version lock plugin takes a set of name/versions for packages and excludes all other versions of those packages. This allows you to e.g. protect packages from being updated by newer versions.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock.
Install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock 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 python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock
Install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock 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 python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock
How To Uninstall python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock
python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/dnf/plugins/versionlock.conf
/etc/dnf/plugins/versionlock.list
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf-plugins/__pycache__/versionlock.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf-plugins/__pycache__/versionlock.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf-plugins/versionlock.py
/usr/share/man/man5/yum-versionlock.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-versionlock.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/yum-versionlock.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.