How To Install kpatch on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kpatch on Rocky Linux 8.
What is kpatch
kpatch is a live kernel patch module manager. It allows the user to manage a collection of binary kernel patch modules which can be used to dynamically patch the kernel without rebooting.
We can use yum or dnf to install kpatch on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kpatch.
Install kpatch 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 kpatch using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install kpatch
Install kpatch 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 kpatch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kpatch
How To Uninstall kpatch on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the kpatch package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove kpatch
kpatch Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/systemd/system/kpatch.service
/usr/sbin/kpatch
/usr/share/man/man1/kpatch.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kpatch on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.