How To Install dracut-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-tools in Fedora 36. dracut-tools is dracut tools to build the local initramfs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-tools on Fedora 36.

What is dracut-tools

This package contains tools to assemble the local initrd and host configuration.

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

Install dracut-tools 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 dracut-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dracut-tools

Install dracut-tools 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 dracut-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dracut-tools

How To Uninstall dracut-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the dracut-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dracut-tools

dracut-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/boot/dracut
/usr/bin/dracut-catimages
/usr/share/man/man8/dracut-catimages.8.gz
/var/lib/dracut
/var/lib/dracut/overlay

References

Summary

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