How To Install subscription-manager-plugin-ostree on CentOS 8

subscription-manager-plugin-ostree is A plugin for handling OSTree content.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install subscription-manager-plugin-ostree on CentOS 8.

What is `subscription-manager-plugin-ostree`

Enables handling of content of type ‘ostree’ in any certificates from the server. Populates /ostree/repo/config as well as updates the remote in the currently deployed .origin file.

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

Install subscription-manager-plugin-ostree 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-plugin-ostree using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install subscription-manager-plugin-ostree

Install subscription-manager-plugin-ostree 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-plugin-ostree using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install subscription-manager-plugin-ostree

How To Uninstall subscription-manager-plugin-ostree on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the subscription-manager-plugin-ostree package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove subscription-manager-plugin-ostree

subscription-manager-plugin-ostree Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/rhsm/pluginconf.d/ostree_content.OstreeContentPlugin.conf
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/plugin/ostree/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/plugin/ostree/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/plugin/ostree/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/plugin/ostree/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/plugin/ostree/__pycache__/action_invoker.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/plugin/ostree/__pycache__/action_invoker.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/plugin/ostree/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/plugin/ostree/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/plugin/ostree/__pycache__/model.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/plugin/ostree/__pycache__/model.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/plugin/ostree/action_invoker.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/plugin/ostree/config.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/subscription_manager/plugin/ostree/model.py
/usr/share/rhsm-plugins/__pycache__/ostree_content.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/rhsm-plugins/__pycache__/ostree_content.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/rhsm-plugins/ostree_content.py

References

subscription-manager-plugin-ostree website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install subscription-manager-plugin-ostree on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.