How To Install createrepo_c on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install createrepo_c on Rocky Linux 8. createrepo_c is Creates a common metadata repository

Introduction

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

What is `createrepo_c`

C implementation of Createrepo. A set of utilities (createrepo_c, mergerepo_c, modifyrepo_c) for generating a common metadata repository from a directory of rpm packages and maintaining it.

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

Install createrepo_c 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 createrepo_c using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install createrepo_c

Install createrepo_c 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 createrepo_c using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install createrepo_c

How To Uninstall createrepo_c on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove createrepo_c

createrepo_c Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/createrepo
/usr/bin/createrepo_c
/usr/bin/mergerepo
/usr/bin/mergerepo_c
/usr/bin/modifyrepo
/usr/bin/modifyrepo_c
/usr/bin/sqliterepo_c
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/24afea35a49c2577e4580bec3d1aee5974a426
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/50e8293e03b99ea8ff56f720cbaf05e3c7d33e
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/14fc5cac2ebe1cd638e1e986259d2bc3ac4969
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/4a11eec8be39984b31b427e8286b5770ece533
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/createrepo_c
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mergerepo_c
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/modifyrepo_c
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/sqliterepo_c
/usr/share/doc/createrepo_c
/usr/share/doc/createrepo_c/README.md
/usr/share/man/man8/createrepo_c.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mergerepo_c.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/modifyrepo_c.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sqliterepo_c.8.gz

References

createrepo_c website

Summary

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