How To Install diskimage-builder on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install diskimage-builder on CentOS 7. diskimage-builder is Image building tools for OpenStack

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install diskimage-builder on CentOS 7.

What is diskimage-builder

Components of TripleO that are responsible for building disk images.

We can use yum or dnf to install diskimage-builder on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install diskimage-builder.

Install diskimage-builder on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install diskimage-builder using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install diskimage-builder

Install diskimage-builder on CentOS 7 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 diskimage-builder using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install diskimage-builder

How To Uninstall diskimage-builder on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the diskimage-builder package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove diskimage-builder

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install diskimage-builder on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.