How To Install epel-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install epel-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8. epel-rpm-macros is Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux RPM macros

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install epel-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `epel-rpm-macros`

This package contains the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) RPM macros for building EPEL packages.

We can use yum or dnf to install epel-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install epel-rpm-macros.

Install epel-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install epel-rpm-macros using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install epel-rpm-macros

Install epel-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install epel-rpm-macros using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install epel-rpm-macros

How To Uninstall epel-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the epel-rpm-macros package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove epel-rpm-macros

epel-rpm-macros Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/rpm/macros.zzz-epel-override
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/pythondist.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/gpgverify
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.epel-rpm-macros
/usr/share/licenses/epel-rpm-macros
/usr/share/licenses/epel-rpm-macros/GPL

References

epel-rpm-macros website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install epel-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.