How To Install mock-lvm on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mock-lvm on Rocky Linux 8.
What is mock-lvm
Mock plugin that enables using LVM as a backend and support creating snapshots of the buildroot.
We can use yum or dnf to install mock-lvm on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mock-lvm.
Install mock-lvm 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 mock-lvm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mock-lvm
Install mock-lvm 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 mock-lvm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mock-lvm
How To Uninstall mock-lvm on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the mock-lvm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mock-lvm
mock-lvm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/lvm_root.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/__pycache__/lvm_root.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/mockbuild/plugins/lvm_root.py
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mock-lvm on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.