How To Install subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon on CentOS 8

subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon is initial-setup screens for subscription-manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon on CentOS 8.

What is subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon

This package contains the initial-setup screens for subscription-manager.

We can use yum or dnf to install subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon.

Install subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon 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 subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon

Install subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon 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 subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon

How To Uninstall subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon

subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/__init__.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/__pycache__
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/categories/__init__.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/categories/__pycache__
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/categories/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/categories/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/gui/__init__.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/gui/__pycache__
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/gui/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/gui/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/gui/spokes/__init__.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/gui/spokes/__pycache__
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/gui/spokes/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/gui/spokes/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/gui/spokes/__pycache__/rhsm_gui.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/gui/spokes/__pycache__/rhsm_gui.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/gui/spokes/rhsm_gui.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/gui/spokes/rhsm_gui.ui
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/ks/__init__.py
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/ks/__pycache__
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/ks/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/ks/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/ks/__pycache__/rhsm_ks.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/ks/__pycache__/rhsm_ks.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/anaconda/addons/com_redhat_subscription_manager/ks/rhsm_ks.py

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.