How To Install boom-boot-conf on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install boom-boot-conf in Fedora 36. boom-boot-conf is A set of libraries and tools for managing boot loader entries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boom-boot-conf on Fedora 36.

What is boom-boot-conf

Boom is a boot manager for Linux systems using boot loaders that support the BootLoader Specification for boot entry configuration. Boom requires a BLS compatible boot loader to function systemd-boot project, or Grub2 with the BLS patch (Red Hat Grub2 builds include this support in both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Fedora). This package provides configuration files for boom.

We can use yum or dnf to install boom-boot-conf on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boom-boot-conf.

Install boom-boot-conf on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install boom-boot-conf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boom-boot-conf

Install boom-boot-conf on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install boom-boot-conf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boom-boot-conf

How To Uninstall boom-boot-conf on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the boom-boot-conf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boom-boot-conf

boom-boot-conf Package Contents on Fedora 36

/boot/boom
/boot/boom/boom.conf
/boot/boom/cache
/boot/boom/hosts
/boot/boom/profiles
/boot/boom/profiles/4abe4f7fd38fc7506cbe2f42b1b85d54af3b29b1-rhel8.profile
/boot/boom/profiles/4aff687826c2b83409c0cbd097a93c405681e227-rhel7.8.profile
/boot/boom/profiles/72e3679e3556b8e1620dd3b6e5d2a1f508e5ba43-rhel7.7.profile
/boot/boom/profiles/8896596a45fcc9e36e9c87aee77ab3e422da2635-fedora30.profile
/boot/loader/entries
/usr/share/doc/boom-boot-conf
/usr/share/doc/boom-boot-conf/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/boom-boot-conf
/usr/share/licenses/boom-boot-conf/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boom-boot-conf on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).