How To Install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock on CentOS 8.
What is python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock
Version lock plugin takes a set of name/versions for packages and excludes all other versions of those packages. This allows you to e.g. protect packages from being updated by newer versions.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock.
Install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock
Install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock
How To Uninstall python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.