How To Install origin-excluder on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install origin-excluder in Fedora 36. origin-excluder is Exclude openshift packages from updates

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install origin-excluder on Fedora 36.

What is `origin-excluder`

Many times admins do not want openshift updated when doing normal system updates. origin-excluder exclude - No openshift packages can be updated origin-excluder unexclude - Openshift packages can be updated

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

Install origin-excluder 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 origin-excluder using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install origin-excluder

Install origin-excluder 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 origin-excluder using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install origin-excluder

How To Uninstall origin-excluder on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the origin-excluder package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove origin-excluder

origin-excluder Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/sbin/origin-excluder
/usr/share/licenses/origin-excluder
/usr/share/licenses/origin-excluder/LICENSE

References

origin-excluder website

Summary

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