How To Install rpminspect-data-generic on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rpminspect-data-generic on CentOS 8.
What is rpminspect-data-generic
The rpminspect-data-generic package is meant as a template to build your product’s own data file. The files in it contain product-specific information. The files in this package explain how to construct the control files.
We can use yum or dnf to install rpminspect-data-generic on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rpminspect-data-generic.
Install rpminspect-data-generic 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-generic using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rpminspect-data-generic
Install rpminspect-data-generic 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-generic using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rpminspect-data-generic
How To Uninstall rpminspect-data-generic on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rpminspect-data-generic package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rpminspect-data-generic
rpminspect-data-generic Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/licenses/rpminspect-data-generic
/usr/share/licenses/rpminspect-data-generic/CC-BY-4.0.txt
/usr/share/rpminspect
/usr/share/rpminspect/abi
/usr/share/rpminspect/abi/GENERIC
/usr/share/rpminspect/capabilities
/usr/share/rpminspect/capabilities/GENERIC
/usr/share/rpminspect/fileinfo
/usr/share/rpminspect/fileinfo/GENERIC
/usr/share/rpminspect/generic.yaml
/usr/share/rpminspect/licenses
/usr/share/rpminspect/licenses/generic.json
/usr/share/rpminspect/politics
/usr/share/rpminspect/politics/GENERIC
/usr/share/rpminspect/rebaseable
/usr/share/rpminspect/rebaseable/GENERIC
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rpminspect-data-generic on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.