Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boom-boot-conf on CentOS 8.
What is boom-boot-conf
Boom is a boot manager for Linux systems using boot loaders that support the BootLoader Specification for boot entry configuration. Boom requires a BLS compatible boot loader to function systemd-boot project, or Grub2 with the BLS patch (Red Hat Grub2 builds include this support in both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Fedora). This package provides configuration files for boom.
We can use yum or dnf to install boom-boot-conf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boom-boot-conf.
Install boom-boot-conf on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install boom-boot-conf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boom-boot-conf
Install boom-boot-conf on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install boom-boot-conf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boom-boot-conf
How To Uninstall boom-boot-conf on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boom-boot-conf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boom-boot-conf
boom-boot-conf Package Contents on CentOS 8
/boot/boom
/boot/boom/boom.conf
/boot/boom/cache
/boot/boom/hosts
/boot/boom/profiles
/boot/boom/profiles/4abe4f7fd38fc7506cbe2f42b1b85d54af3b29b1-rhel8.profile
/boot/boom/profiles/4aff687826c2b83409c0cbd097a93c405681e227-rhel7.8.profile
/boot/boom/profiles/72e3679e3556b8e1620dd3b6e5d2a1f508e5ba43-rhel7.7.profile
/boot/boom/profiles/8896596a45fcc9e36e9c87aee77ab3e422da2635-fedora30.profile
/boot/loader/entries
/usr/share/doc/boom-boot-conf
/usr/share/doc/boom-boot-conf/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/boom-boot-conf
/usr/share/licenses/boom-boot-conf/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boom-boot-conf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
