How To Install dracut-tools on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-tools
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is dracut-tools
This package contains tools to assemble the local initrd and host configuration.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install dracut-tools
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dracut-tools.
Install dracut-tools 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-tools
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dracut-tools
Install dracut-tools 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-tools
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dracut-tools
How To Uninstall dracut-tools on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the dracut-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dracut-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-tools
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.