How To Install dracut-kiwi-overlay on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-kiwi-overlay on AlmaLinux 8.
What is dracut-kiwi-overlay
This package contains the kiwi-overlay dracut module which is used for booting vmx images built with KIWI and configured to use an overlay root filesystem
We can use yum or dnf to install dracut-kiwi-overlay on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dracut-kiwi-overlay.
Install dracut-kiwi-overlay 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-kiwi-overlay using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dracut-kiwi-overlay
Install dracut-kiwi-overlay 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-kiwi-overlay using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dracut-kiwi-overlay
How To Uninstall dracut-kiwi-overlay on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the dracut-kiwi-overlay package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dracut-kiwi-overlay
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-kiwi-overlay on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
