How To Install seabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install seabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8. seabios-bin is Seabios for x86

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install seabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `seabios-bin`

SeaBIOS is an open-source legacy BIOS implementation which can be used as a coreboot payload. It implements the standard BIOS calling interfaces that a typical x86 proprietary BIOS implements.

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

Install seabios-bin 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 seabios-bin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install seabios-bin

Install seabios-bin 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 seabios-bin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install seabios-bin

How To Uninstall seabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the seabios-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove seabios-bin

seabios-bin Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/seabios
/usr/share/seabios/bios-256k.bin
/usr/share/seabios/bios.bin

References

seabios-bin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install seabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.