How To Install vrms-rpm on CentOS 8

vrms-rpm is Report non-free software

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vrms-rpm on CentOS 8.

What is `vrms-rpm`

vrms-rpm (“virtual Richard M. Stallman”) reports non-free packages installed on the system.

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

Install vrms-rpm 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 vrms-rpm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vrms-rpm

Install vrms-rpm 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 vrms-rpm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vrms-rpm

How To Uninstall vrms-rpm on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the vrms-rpm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vrms-rpm

vrms-rpm Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/vrms-rpm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/67107694abb889b656fe7c57ff52616d2d23d6
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/vrms-rpm
/usr/share/licenses/vrms-rpm
/usr/share/licenses/vrms-rpm/LICENCE.txt
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/vrms-rpm.mo
/usr/share/man/cs/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/da/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/el/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/id/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/it/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pt/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/tr/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man1/vrms-rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/suve
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm/images
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm/images/rms-disappointed-ascii
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm/images/rms-disappointed-icat
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm/images/rms-happy-ascii
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm/images/rms-happy-icat
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm/licences
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm/licences/fedora.txt
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm/licences/spdx-fsf-and-osi.txt
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm/licences/spdx-fsf-or-osi.txt
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm/licences/spdx-only-fsf.txt
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm/licences/spdx-only-osi.txt
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm/licences/suse.txt
/usr/share/suve/vrms-rpm/licences/tweaked.txt

References

vrms-rpm website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vrms-rpm on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.