How To Install rdopkg on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rdopkg on CentOS 8.
What is rdopkg
rdopkg is a tool for automating RPM packaging tasks such as managing patches, updating to a new version and much more. Although it contains several RDO-specific actions, most of rdopkg functionality can be used for any RPM package following conventions described in the rdopkg manual. This package contains rdopkg executable, man pages and docs.
We can use yum or dnf to install rdopkg on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rdopkg.
Install rdopkg 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 rdopkg using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rdopkg
Install rdopkg 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 rdopkg using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rdopkg
How To Uninstall rdopkg on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rdopkg package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rdopkg
rdopkg Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/rdopkg
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/README.md
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/html
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/html/rdo.css
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/html/rdopkg-adv-new-version.7.html
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/html/rdopkg-adv-requirements.7.html
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/html/rdopkg-feature-actions.7.html
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/html/rdopkg-feature-fix.7.html
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/html/rdopkg-feature-new-version.7.html
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/html/rdopkg-feature-patch.7.html
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/html/rdopkg-feature-pkgenv.7.html
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/html/rdopkg.1.html
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/rdopkg-adv-new-version.7.adoc
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/rdopkg-adv-requirements.7.adoc
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/rdopkg-feature-actions.7.adoc
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/rdopkg-feature-fix.7.adoc
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/rdopkg-feature-new-version.7.adoc
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/rdopkg-feature-patch.7.adoc
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/rdopkg-feature-pkgenv.7.adoc
/usr/share/doc/rdopkg/rdopkg.1.adoc
/usr/share/man/man1/rdopkg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/rdopkg-adv-new-version.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/rdopkg-adv-requirements.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/rdopkg-feature-actions.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/rdopkg-feature-fix.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/rdopkg-feature-new-version.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/rdopkg-feature-patch.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/rdopkg-feature-pkgenv.7.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rdopkg on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.