How To Install dracut-transactional-update on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-transactional-update in Fedora 36. dracut-transactional-update is Dracut module for supporting transactional updates

Introduction

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

What is dracut-transactional-update

This package contains the dracut modules for handling early boot aspects for transactional updates.

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

Install dracut-transactional-update 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-transactional-update using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dracut-transactional-update

Install dracut-transactional-update 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-transactional-update using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dracut-transactional-update

How To Uninstall dracut-transactional-update on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove dracut-transactional-update

dracut-transactional-update Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/dracut
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/50transactional-update
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/50transactional-update/module-setup.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/50transactional-update/transactional-update-etc-cleaner.service
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/50transactional-update/transactional-update-etc-cleaner.sh
/usr/share/doc/dracut-transactional-update
/usr/share/doc/dracut-transactional-update/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/dracut-transactional-update/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/dracut-transactional-update
/usr/share/licenses/dracut-transactional-update/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/dracut-transactional-update/gpl-2.0.txt

References

Summary

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