How To Install dnf-automatic on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-automatic on Rocky Linux 8. dnf-automatic is Package manager - automated upgrades

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-automatic on Rocky Linux 8.

What is dnf-automatic

Systemd units that can periodically download package upgrades and apply them.

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

Install dnf-automatic 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 dnf-automatic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dnf-automatic

Install dnf-automatic 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 dnf-automatic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dnf-automatic

How To Uninstall dnf-automatic on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the dnf-automatic package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dnf-automatic

dnf-automatic Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/dnf/automatic.conf
/usr/bin/dnf-automatic
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/automatic
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/automatic/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/automatic/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/automatic/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/automatic/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/automatic/__pycache__/emitter.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/automatic/__pycache__/emitter.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/automatic/__pycache__/main.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/automatic/__pycache__/main.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/automatic/emitter.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf/automatic/main.py
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-automatic-download.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-automatic-download.timer
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-automatic-install.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-automatic-install.timer
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-automatic-notifyonly.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-automatic-notifyonly.timer
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-automatic.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf-automatic.timer
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-automatic.8.gz

References

Summary

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