How To Install genisoimage on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install genisoimage on Rocky Linux 8. genisoimage is Creates an image of an ISO9660 file-system

Introduction

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

What is genisoimage

The genisoimage program is used as a pre-mastering program; i.e., it generates the ISO9660 file-system. Genisoimage takes a snapshot of a given directory tree and generates a binary image of the tree which will correspond to an ISO9660 file-system when written to a block device. Genisoimage is used for writing CD-ROMs, and includes support for creating boot-able El Torito CD-ROMs. Install the genisoimage package if you need a program for writing CD-ROMs.

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

Install genisoimage 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 genisoimage using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install genisoimage

Install genisoimage 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 genisoimage using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install genisoimage

How To Uninstall genisoimage on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove genisoimage

genisoimage Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/genisoimage
/usr/bin/isodebug
/usr/bin/isodump
/usr/bin/isoinfo
/usr/bin/isovfy
/usr/bin/mkhybrid
/usr/bin/mkisofs
/usr/bin/pitchplay
/usr/bin/readmult
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/0002d8807baa2e35abd2d071fc65ad7de9da7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/6e2a99791f0ae1b342571f044da887cfdcd1a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/697eb0509b7a91eddea01d9b6af36bb2b887dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/f449a8957f329e8747a6e5911e32062f992924
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/a2fc2c6c673c7b9ad23f1cef51169d50a9ef32
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.alphaboot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.compression
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.eltorito
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.graft_dirs
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.hfs_boot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.hfs_magic
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.hide
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.hppaboot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.joliet
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.macosx
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.mipsboot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.mipselboot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.mkhybrid
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.prep_boot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.releasenotes
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.rootinfo
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.session
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.sort
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.sparcboot
/usr/share/doc/genisoimage/genisoimage/README.sunx86boot
/usr/share/man/man1/genisoimage.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/isodebug.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/isodump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/isoinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/isovfy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pitchplay.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/readmult.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/genisoimagerc.5.gz

References

Summary

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