How To Install lxc-templates on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxc-templates on Rocky Linux 8.
What is lxc-templates
Linux Resource Containers provide process and resource isolation without the overhead of full virtualization. The lxc-templates package contains templates for creating containers.
We can use yum or dnf to install lxc-templates on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lxc-templates.
Install lxc-templates 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 lxc-templates using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lxc-templates
Install lxc-templates 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 lxc-templates using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lxc-templates
How To Uninstall lxc-templates on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the lxc-templates package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lxc-templates
lxc-templates Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/lxc/config/common.conf
/usr/share/lxc/config/common.conf.d
/usr/share/lxc/config/common.conf.d/README
/usr/share/lxc/config/common.seccomp
/usr/share/lxc/config/nesting.conf
/usr/share/lxc/config/oci.common.conf
/usr/share/lxc/config/userns.conf
/usr/share/lxc/templates/lxc-busybox
/usr/share/lxc/templates/lxc-download
/usr/share/lxc/templates/lxc-local
/usr/share/lxc/templates/lxc-oci
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxc-templates on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.