How To Install kiwi-tools on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwi-tools on CentOS 8. kiwi-tools is KIWI - Collection of Boot Helper Tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwi-tools on CentOS 8.

What is kiwi-tools

This package contains a small set of helper tools used for the kiwi created initial ramdisk which is used to control the very first boot of an appliance. The tools are not meant to be used outside of the scope of kiwi appliance building.

We can use yum or dnf to install kiwi-tools on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kiwi-tools.

Install kiwi-tools on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install kiwi-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kiwi-tools

Install kiwi-tools on CentOS 8 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 kiwi-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kiwi-tools

How To Uninstall kiwi-tools on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the kiwi-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kiwi-tools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwi-tools on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.