How To Install plymouth-plugin-space-flares on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-plugin-space-flares on Rocky Linux 8. plymouth-plugin-space-flares is Plymouth “space-flares” plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-plugin-space-flares on Rocky Linux 8.

What is plymouth-plugin-space-flares

This package contains the “space-flares” boot splash plugin for Plymouth. It features a corner image with animated flares.

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

Install plymouth-plugin-space-flares 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 plymouth-plugin-space-flares using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plymouth-plugin-space-flares

Install plymouth-plugin-space-flares 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 plymouth-plugin-space-flares using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plymouth-plugin-space-flares

How To Uninstall plymouth-plugin-space-flares on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the plymouth-plugin-space-flares package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove plymouth-plugin-space-flares

plymouth-plugin-space-flares Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/e0a110358bfb044e335e376227938456f612dd
/usr/lib64/plymouth/space-flares.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-plugin-space-flares on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.