How To Install fedpkg on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedpkg on Rocky Linux 8. fedpkg is Fedora utility for working with dist-git

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedpkg on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `fedpkg`

Provides the fedpkg command for working with dist-git

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

Install fedpkg 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 fedpkg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fedpkg

Install fedpkg 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 fedpkg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fedpkg

How To Uninstall fedpkg on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the fedpkg package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fedpkg

fedpkg Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/rpkg/fedpkg.conf
/usr/bin/fedpkg
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg-1.40-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg-1.40-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg-1.40-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg-1.40-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg-1.40-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg-1.40-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg-1.40-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__pycache__/bugzilla.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__pycache__/bugzilla.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__pycache__/lookaside.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__pycache__/lookaside.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/bugzilla.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/cli.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/lookaside.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fedpkg/utils.py
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/fedpkg.bash
/usr/share/doc/fedpkg
/usr/share/doc/fedpkg/CHANGELOG.rst
/usr/share/doc/fedpkg/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/fedpkg
/usr/share/licenses/fedpkg/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fedpkg.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_fedpkg

References

fedpkg website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedpkg on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.