How To Install manifest-tool on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install manifest-tool in Fedora 36. manifest-tool is A command line tool used for creating manifest list objects

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install manifest-tool on Fedora 36.

What is `manifest-tool`

This tool was mainly created for the purpose of viewing, creating, and pushing the new manifests list object type in the Docker registry. Manifest lists are defined in the v2.2 image specification and exist mainly for the purpose of supporting multi-architecture and/or multi-platform images within a Docker registry.

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

Install manifest-tool 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 manifest-tool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install manifest-tool

Install manifest-tool 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 manifest-tool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install manifest-tool

How To Uninstall manifest-tool on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the manifest-tool package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove manifest-tool

manifest-tool Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/manifest-tool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/75316d0c5490e85b946088ad19499c20694e0c
/usr/share/doc/manifest-tool
/usr/share/doc/manifest-tool/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/manifest-tool
/usr/share/licenses/manifest-tool/LICENSE

References

manifest-tool website

Summary

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