How To Install initscripts on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install initscripts on CentOS 7. initscripts is The inittab file and the /etc/init.d scripts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install initscripts on CentOS 7.

What is initscripts

The initscripts package contains basic system scripts used during a boot of the system. It also contains scripts which activate and deactivate most network interfaces.

We can use yum or dnf to install initscripts on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install initscripts.

Install initscripts on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install initscripts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install initscripts

Install initscripts 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 initscripts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install initscripts

How To Uninstall initscripts on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove initscripts

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Summary

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