How To Install dracut-tools on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-tools on CentOS 7. dracut-tools is dracut tools to build the local initramfs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-tools on CentOS 7.

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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dracut-tools.

Install dracut-tools 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-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dracut-tools

Install dracut-tools 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-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dracut-tools

How To Uninstall dracut-tools on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the dracut-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dracut-tools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-tools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.