How To Install firewalld-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install firewalld-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8. firewalld-filesystem is Firewalld directory layout and rpm macros

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firewalld-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8.

What is firewalld-filesystem

This package provides directories and rpm macros which are required by other packages that add firewalld configuration files.

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

Install firewalld-filesystem 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 firewalld-filesystem using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install firewalld-filesystem

Install firewalld-filesystem 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 firewalld-filesystem using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install firewalld-filesystem

How To Uninstall firewalld-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the firewalld-filesystem package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove firewalld-filesystem

firewalld-filesystem Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/firewalld
/usr/lib/firewalld/helpers
/usr/lib/firewalld/icmptypes
/usr/lib/firewalld/ipsets
/usr/lib/firewalld/services
/usr/lib/firewalld/zones
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.firewalld

References

Summary

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