How To Install dracut-caps on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-caps on CentOS 7.
What is dracut-caps
This package requires everything which is needed to build an initramfs with dracut, which drops capabilities.
We can use yum or dnf to install dracut-caps on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dracut-caps.
Install dracut-caps on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install dracut-caps using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dracut-caps
Install dracut-caps 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 dracut-caps using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dracut-caps
How To Uninstall dracut-caps on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the dracut-caps package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dracut-caps
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-caps on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
