How To Install redhat-rpm-config on CentOS 8

redhat-rpm-config is Red Hat specific rpm configuration files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install redhat-rpm-config on CentOS 8.

What is redhat-rpm-config

Red Hat specific rpm configuration files.

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

Install redhat-rpm-config 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 redhat-rpm-config using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install redhat-rpm-config

Install redhat-rpm-config 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 redhat-rpm-config using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install redhat-rpm-config

How To Uninstall redhat-rpm-config on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the redhat-rpm-config package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove redhat-rpm-config

redhat-rpm-config Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/kabi.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/kmod.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/libsymlink.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/kabi.sh
/usr/lib/rpm/kmod.prov
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.dwz
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.fedora-misc
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.fedora-misc-srpm
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.forge
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.kernel-srpm
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.ldc-srpm
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.ldconfig
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.mono-srpm
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.nodejs-srpm
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.valgrind-srpm
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.vpath
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-ldconfig
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/brp-mangle-shebangs
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/config.guess
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/config.sub
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/dist.sh
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/find-provides
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/find-requires
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/gpgverify
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/macros
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/rpmrc
/usr/share/doc/redhat-rpm-config
/usr/share/doc/redhat-rpm-config/buildflags.md

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install redhat-rpm-config on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.