How To Install distgen on Rocky Linux 8
In this tutorial we learn how to install distgen on Rocky Linux 8. distgen is Templating system/generator for distributions
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install distgen on Rocky Linux 8.
What is distgen
Based on given template specification (configuration for template), template file and preexisting distribution metadata generate output file.
We can use yum or dnf to install distgen on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install distgen.
Install distgen 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 distgen using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install distgen
Install distgen 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 distgen using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install distgen
How To Uninstall distgen on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the distgen package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove distgen
distgen Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/dg
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen-1.7-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen-1.7-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen-1.7-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen-1.7-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen-1.7-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen-1.7-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/commands.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/commands.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/distro_version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/distro_version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/err.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/err.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/generator.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/generator.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/multispec.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/multispec.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/pathmanager.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/pathmanager.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/project.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/project.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/commands.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/config.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/distro_version.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/err.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/generator.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/multispec.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/pathmanager.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/project.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/distgen/version.py
/usr/share/distgen
/usr/share/distgen/distconf
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/centos-6-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/centos-7-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/centos-8-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-20-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-20-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-21-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-21-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-22-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-22-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-23-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-23-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-24-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-24-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-25-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-25-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-26-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-26-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-27-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-27-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-28-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-28-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-29-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-29-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-30-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-30-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-31-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-31-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-32-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-32-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-33-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-33-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-34-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-34-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-35-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-35-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-rawhide-i686.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/fedora-rawhide-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/lib
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/lib/centos.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/lib/fedora.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/lib/general.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/lib/rhel.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/lib/rpmsystems.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/rhel-7-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/rhel-7.2-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/rhel-7.3-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/distconf/rhel-8-x86_64.yaml
/usr/share/distgen/templates
/usr/share/distgen/templates/container
/usr/share/distgen/templates/container/docker
/usr/share/distgen/templates/container/docker/parts.tpl
/usr/share/distgen/templates/docker.tpl
/usr/share/distgen/templates/general.tpl
/usr/share/distgen/templates/makefile-macros.tpl
/usr/share/doc/distgen
/usr/share/doc/distgen/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/distgen/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/builtins.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/conf.py
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/config.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/index.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/intro.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/macros.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/spec_expansion.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/spec_multispec.rst
/usr/share/doc/distgen/docs/usage.rst
/usr/share/licenses/distgen
/usr/share/licenses/distgen/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/dg.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install distgen on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.