How To Install cekit on AlmaLinux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cekit on AlmaLinux 8.

What is cekit

CEKit helps to build container images from image definition files

We can use yum or dnf to install cekit on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cekit.

Install cekit on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cekit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cekit

Install cekit on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cekit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cekit

How To Uninstall cekit on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove cekit

References

• cekit website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cekit on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.