How To Install cekit on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cekit on CentOS 7. cekit is Container image creation tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cekit on CentOS 7.

What is cekit

CEKit helps to build container images from image definition files

We can use yum or dnf to install cekit on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cekit.

Install cekit on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cekit

Install cekit on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install cekit

How To Uninstall cekit on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove cekit

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cekit on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.