How To Install rpminspect-data-generic on CentOS 8

rpminspect-data-generic is Template data files used to drive rpminspect tests

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.