How To Install kmodtool on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kmodtool on Rocky Linux 8.
What is kmodtool
This package contains tools and list of recent kernels that get used when building kmod-packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install kmodtool on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kmodtool.
Install kmodtool 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 kmodtool using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install kmodtool
Install kmodtool 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 kmodtool using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kmodtool
How To Uninstall kmodtool on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the kmodtool package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove kmodtool
kmodtool Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/kmodtool
/usr/share/kmodtool
/usr/share/kmodtool/kernel-variants
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kmodtool on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.