How To Install rpkg-common on CentOS 8

rpkg-common is Common files for rpkg

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.