How To Install rpkg-common on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rpkg-common on CentOS 8.
What is rpkg-common
Common files for python2-rpkg and python3-rpkg.
We can use yum or dnf to install rpkg-common on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rpkg-common.
Install rpkg-common 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 rpkg-common using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rpkg-common
Install rpkg-common 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 rpkg-common using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rpkg-common
How To Uninstall rpkg-common on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rpkg-common package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rpkg-common
rpkg-common Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/rpkg
/usr/share/rpkg
/usr/share/rpkg/examples
/usr/share/rpkg/examples/cli
/usr/share/rpkg/examples/cli/etc
/usr/share/rpkg/examples/cli/etc/bash_completion.d
/usr/share/rpkg/examples/cli/etc/bash_completion.d/rpkg.bash
/usr/share/rpkg/examples/cli/etc/rpkg
/usr/share/rpkg/examples/cli/etc/rpkg/rpkg.conf
/usr/share/rpkg/examples/cli/usr
/usr/share/rpkg/examples/cli/usr/bin
/usr/share/rpkg/examples/cli/usr/bin/rpkg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rpkg-common on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.