How To Install sgabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sgabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8.
What is sgabios-bin
SGABIOS is designed to be inserted into a BIOS as an option rom to provide over a serial port the display and input capabilities normally handled by a VGA adapter and a keyboard, and additionally provide hooks for logging displayed characters for later collection after an operating system boots.
We can use yum or dnf to install sgabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sgabios-bin.
Install sgabios-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 sgabios-bin using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sgabios-bin
Install sgabios-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 sgabios-bin using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sgabios-bin
How To Uninstall sgabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the sgabios-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sgabios-bin
sgabios-bin Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/sgabios
/usr/share/sgabios/sgabios.bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sgabios-bin on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.