How To Install rpminspect-data-centos on CentOS 8

rpminspect-data-centos is Build deviation compliance tool data files for CentOS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpminspect-data-centos on CentOS 8.

What is rpminspect-data-centos

CentOS and CentOS Stream specific configuration file for rpminspect and data files used by the inspections provided by librpminspect.

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

Install rpminspect-data-centos 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 rpminspect-data-centos using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpminspect-data-centos

Install rpminspect-data-centos 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 rpminspect-data-centos using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpminspect-data-centos

How To Uninstall rpminspect-data-centos on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the rpminspect-data-centos package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rpminspect-data-centos

rpminspect-data-centos Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/rpminspect-centos
/usr/share/doc/rpminspect-data-centos
/usr/share/doc/rpminspect-data-centos/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/rpminspect-data-centos/README
/usr/share/licenses/rpminspect-data-centos
/usr/share/licenses/rpminspect-data-centos/CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt
/usr/share/rpminspect
/usr/share/rpminspect/abi
/usr/share/rpminspect/abi/centos3
/usr/share/rpminspect/abi/centos4
/usr/share/rpminspect/abi/centos5
/usr/share/rpminspect/abi/centos6
/usr/share/rpminspect/abi/centos7
/usr/share/rpminspect/abi/centos8
/usr/share/rpminspect/abi/centos9
/usr/share/rpminspect/capabilities
/usr/share/rpminspect/capabilities/centos7
/usr/share/rpminspect/capabilities/centos8
/usr/share/rpminspect/capabilities/centos9
/usr/share/rpminspect/centos.yaml
/usr/share/rpminspect/fileinfo
/usr/share/rpminspect/fileinfo/centos3
/usr/share/rpminspect/fileinfo/centos4
/usr/share/rpminspect/fileinfo/centos5
/usr/share/rpminspect/fileinfo/centos6
/usr/share/rpminspect/fileinfo/centos7
/usr/share/rpminspect/fileinfo/centos8
/usr/share/rpminspect/fileinfo/centos9
/usr/share/rpminspect/licenses
/usr/share/rpminspect/licenses/centos.json
/usr/share/rpminspect/politics
/usr/share/rpminspect/politics/centos3
/usr/share/rpminspect/politics/centos4
/usr/share/rpminspect/politics/centos5
/usr/share/rpminspect/politics/centos6
/usr/share/rpminspect/politics/centos7
/usr/share/rpminspect/politics/centos8
/usr/share/rpminspect/politics/centos9
/usr/share/rpminspect/profiles
/usr/share/rpminspect/profiles/centos
/usr/share/rpminspect/profiles/centos/centos-stream-9-devel.yaml
/usr/share/rpminspect/profiles/centos/kernel.yaml
/usr/share/rpminspect/rebaseable

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpminspect-data-centos on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.