How To Install containers-common on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install containers-common in AlmaLinux 8. containers-common is Configuration files for working with image signatures

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install containers-common on AlmaLinux 8.

What is containers-common

This package installs a default signature store configuration and a default policy under /etc/containers/.

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

Install containers-common 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 containers-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install containers-common

Install containers-common 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 containers-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install containers-common

How To Uninstall containers-common on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the containers-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove containers-common

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Summary

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