How To Install plymouth on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth on AlmaLinux 8.
What is plymouth
Plymouth provides an attractive graphical boot animation in place of the text messages that normally get shown. Text messages are instead redirected to a log file for viewing after boot.
We can use yum or dnf to install plymouth on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install plymouth.
Install plymouth on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install plymouth using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install plymouth
Install plymouth on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install plymouth using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install plymouth
How To Uninstall plymouth on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the plymouth package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove plymouth
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.