How To Install dracut on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut on AlmaLinux 8.
What is dracut
dracut contains tools to create bootable initramfses for the Linux kernel. Unlike previous implementations, dracut hard-codes as little as possible into the initramfs. dracut contains various modules which are driven by the event-based udev. Having root on MD, DM, LVM2, LUKS is supported as well as NFS, iSCSI, NBD, FCoE with the dracut-network package.
We can use yum or dnf to install dracut on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dracut.
Install dracut on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install dracut using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dracut
Install dracut on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install dracut using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dracut
How To Uninstall dracut on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the dracut package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dracut
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.