How To Install cros-systemd-overrides on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-systemd-overrides on CentOS 8. cros-systemd-overrides is Systemd overrides for running under Chromium OS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-systemd-overrides on CentOS 8.

What is cros-systemd-overrides

This package overrides the default behavior of some core systemd units.

We can use yum or dnf to install cros-systemd-overrides on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cros-systemd-overrides.

Install cros-systemd-overrides on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install cros-systemd-overrides using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cros-systemd-overrides

Install cros-systemd-overrides on CentOS 8 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 cros-systemd-overrides using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cros-systemd-overrides

How To Uninstall cros-systemd-overrides on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the cros-systemd-overrides package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cros-systemd-overrides

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-systemd-overrides on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.