How To Install lorax on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lorax on Rocky Linux 8. lorax is Tool for creating the anaconda install images

Introduction

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

What is `lorax`

Lorax is a tool for creating the anaconda install images. It also includes livemedia-creator which is used to create bootable livemedia, including live isos and disk images. It can use libvirtd for the install, or Anaconda’s image install feature.

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

Install lorax 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 lorax using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lorax

Install lorax 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 lorax using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lorax

How To Uninstall lorax on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove lorax

lorax Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/lorax
/etc/lorax/lorax.conf
/usr/bin/image-minimizer
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/lorax-devel-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/base.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/base.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/buildstamp.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/buildstamp.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/creator.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/creator.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/decorators.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/decorators.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/discinfo.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/discinfo.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/dnfbase.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/dnfbase.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/dnfhelper.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/executils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/imgutils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/imgutils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/installer.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/installer.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/monitor.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/mount.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/mount.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/output.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/sysutils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/sysutils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/treebuilder.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/checkparams.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/cmdline.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/compose.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/compose.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/projects.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/projects.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/queue.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/server.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/__pycache__/workspace.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/bisect.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/checkparams.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/cmdline.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/compose.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/config.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/crossdomain.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/dnfbase.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/errors.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/gitrpm.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/projects.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/queue.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/recipes.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/regexes.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/server.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/timestamp.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/v0.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/api/workspace.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/base.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/buildstamp.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/cmdline.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/creator.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/decorators.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/discinfo.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/dnfbase.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/dnfhelper.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/executils.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/imgutils.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/installer.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/ltmpl.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/monitor.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/mount.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/output.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/sysutils.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/treebuilder.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/treeinfo.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pylorax/version.py
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/lorax.conf
/usr/sbin/livemedia-creator
/usr/sbin/lorax
/usr/sbin/mkefiboot
/usr/share/doc/lorax
/usr/share/doc/lorax/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/lorax/composer-cli.rst
/usr/share/doc/lorax/livemedia-creator.rst
/usr/share/doc/lorax/lorax-composer.rst
/usr/share/doc/lorax/lorax.rst
/usr/share/doc/lorax/product-images.rst
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-atomic-pxe-live-novirt.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-atomic-pxe-live.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-container.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-livemedia.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-minimal.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-minimized.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-openstack.ks
/usr/share/doc/lorax/rhel-vagrant.ks
/usr/share/licenses/lorax
/usr/share/licenses/lorax/COPYING
/usr/share/lorax
/usr/share/man/man1/composer-cli.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/livemedia-creator.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lorax-composer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lorax.1.gz

References

lorax website

Summary

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