How To Install seavgabios-bin on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install seavgabios-bin on CentOS 8.
What is seavgabios-bin
SeaVGABIOS is an open-source VGABIOS implementation.
We can use yum or dnf to install seavgabios-bin on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install seavgabios-bin.
Install seavgabios-bin 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 seavgabios-bin using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install seavgabios-bin
Install seavgabios-bin 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 seavgabios-bin using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install seavgabios-bin
How To Uninstall seavgabios-bin on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the seavgabios-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove seavgabios-bin
seavgabios-bin Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/seavgabios
/usr/share/seavgabios/vgabios-bochs-display.bin
/usr/share/seavgabios/vgabios-cirrus.bin
/usr/share/seavgabios/vgabios-qxl.bin
/usr/share/seavgabios/vgabios-ramfb.bin
/usr/share/seavgabios/vgabios-stdvga.bin
/usr/share/seavgabios/vgabios-virtio.bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install seavgabios-bin on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
