How To Install cdbs on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cdbs on Rocky Linux 8.
What is cdbs
This package contains the Common Debian Build System, an abstract build system based on Makefile inheritance which is completely extensible and overridable. In other words, CDBS provides a sane set of default rules upon which packages can build; any or all rules may be overridden as needed.
We can use yum or dnf to install cdbs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cdbs.
Install cdbs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install cdbs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cdbs
Install cdbs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install cdbs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cdbs
How To Uninstall cdbs on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the cdbs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cdbs
cdbs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/cdbs-edit-patch
/usr/libexec/cdbs
/usr/libexec/cdbs/license-miner
/usr/libexec/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5
/usr/libexec/cdbs/list-packages
/usr/libexec/cdbs/waf-unpack
/usr/share/cdbs
/usr/share/cdbs/1
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/ant-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/ant.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/autotools-files.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/autotools-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/autotools.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/cmake.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/gnome.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/langcore.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/pd.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perl-build-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perl-build.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perl-makemaker-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perl-makemaker.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perl-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perlmodule-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perlmodule.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-autotools.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-distutils.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-module.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-sugar.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/qmake.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/scons-vars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/scons.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/waf.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/buildcore.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/buildvars.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/dpatch.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/simple-patchsys.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/tarball.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/upstream-tarball.mk
/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/utils.mk
/usr/share/doc/cdbs
/usr/share/doc/cdbs/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/cdbs
/usr/share/licenses/cdbs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/cdbs-edit-patch.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cdbs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.