How To Install centpkg on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install centpkg on Rocky Linux 8. centpkg is CentOS utility for working with dist-git

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install centpkg on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `centpkg`

Provides the centpkg command for working with dist-git.

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

Install centpkg 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 centpkg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install centpkg

Install centpkg 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 centpkg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install centpkg

How To Uninstall centpkg on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove centpkg

centpkg Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/koji.conf.d/stream.conf
/etc/rpkg/centpkg.conf
/usr/bin/centpkg
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg-0.6.6-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg-0.6.6-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg-0.6.6-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg-0.6.6-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg-0.6.6-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg-0.6.6-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__pycache__/centos_cert.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__pycache__/centos_cert.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__pycache__/lookaside.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__pycache__/lookaside.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/centos_cert.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/cli.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/lookaside.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/centpkg/utils.py
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/centpkg
/usr/share/doc/centpkg
/usr/share/doc/centpkg/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/centpkg
/usr/share/licenses/centpkg/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/centpkg.1.gz

References

centpkg website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install centpkg on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.