How To Install tini-static on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install tini-static on Rocky Linux 8. tini-static is Standalone static build of tini

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tini-static on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `tini-static`

This package contains a standalone static build of tini, meant to be used inside a container.

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

Install tini-static 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 tini-static using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tini-static

Install tini-static 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 tini-static using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tini-static

How To Uninstall tini-static on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the tini-static package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tini-static

tini-static Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/tini-static
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/622943f863da256f92ba81935b872036ac2c8c
/usr/share/doc/tini-static
/usr/share/doc/tini-static/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/tini-static
/usr/share/licenses/tini-static/LICENSE

References

tini-static website

Summary

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