How To Install pykickstart on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pykickstart in Fedora 36. pykickstart is Python utilities for manipulating kickstart files.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pykickstart on Fedora 36.

What is `pykickstart`

Python utilities for manipulating kickstart files.

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

Install pykickstart 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 pykickstart using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pykickstart

Install pykickstart 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 pykickstart using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pykickstart

How To Uninstall pykickstart on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the pykickstart package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pykickstart

pykickstart Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ksflatten
/usr/bin/ksshell
/usr/bin/ksvalidator
/usr/bin/ksverdiff
/usr/share/doc/pykickstart
/usr/share/doc/pykickstart/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/pykickstart/kickstart.vim
/usr/share/licenses/pykickstart
/usr/share/licenses/pykickstart/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ksflatten.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ksshell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ksvalidator.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ksverdiff.1.gz

References

pykickstart website

Summary

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