How To Install convert2rhel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install convert2rhel on Rocky Linux 8. convert2rhel is Automates the conversion of RHEL derivative distributions to RHEL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install convert2rhel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `convert2rhel`

The purpose of the convert2rhel tool is to provide an automated way of converting the installed other-than-RHEL OS distribution to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The tool replaces all the original OS-signed packages with the RHEL ones. Available are conversions of CentOS 6/7 and Oracle Linux 6/7 to the respective major version of RHEL.

We can use yum or dnf to install convert2rhel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install convert2rhel.

Install convert2rhel 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 convert2rhel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install convert2rhel

Install convert2rhel 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 convert2rhel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install convert2rhel

How To Uninstall convert2rhel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the convert2rhel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove convert2rhel

convert2rhel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/convert2rhel
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel-0.13-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel-0.13-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel-0.13-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel-0.13-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel-0.13-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel-0.13-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/logger.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/logger.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/main.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/main.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/pkghandler.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/pkghandler.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/pkgmanager.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/pkgmanager.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/redhatrelease.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/redhatrelease.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/repo.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/repo.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/rhelvariant.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/rhelvariant.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/subscription.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/subscription.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/systeminfo.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/systeminfo.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/toolopts.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/toolopts.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/logger.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/main.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/pkghandler.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/pkgmanager.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/redhatrelease.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/repo.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/rhelvariant.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/subscription.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/systeminfo.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/toolopts.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/convert2rhel/utils.py
/usr/share/convert2rhel
/usr/share/convert2rhel/GLOBAL_EULA_RHEL
/usr/share/convert2rhel/configs
/usr/share/convert2rhel/configs/centos-8-x86_64.cfg
/usr/share/convert2rhel/configs/oracle-8-x86_64.cfg
/usr/share/convert2rhel/gpg-keys
/usr/share/convert2rhel/gpg-keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-legacy-release
/usr/share/convert2rhel/gpg-keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
/usr/share/doc/convert2rhel
/usr/share/doc/convert2rhel/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/convert2rhel
/usr/share/licenses/convert2rhel/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/convert2rhel.8.gz
/var/lib/convert2rhel

References

convert2rhel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install convert2rhel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.