Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8.
What is centos-linux-release
CentOS Linux release files. centos-linux-release 8.4 1.2105.el8 noarch 22 k centos-linux-release-8.4-1.2105.el8.src.rpm baseos CentOS Linux release files https GPLv2 CentOS Linux release files.
We can use yum or dnf to install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install centos-linux-release.
Install centos-linux-release 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 centos-linux-release using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install centos-linux-release
Install centos-linux-release 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 centos-linux-release using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install centos-linux-release
How To Uninstall centos-linux-release on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the centos-linux-release package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove centos-linux-release
centos-linux-release Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/centos-release
/etc/centos-release-upstream
/etc/issue
/etc/issue.net
/etc/os-release
/etc/redhat-release
/etc/rpm/macros.dist
/etc/system-release
/etc/system-release-cpe
/usr/lib/os-release
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/85-display-manager.preset
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/90-default.preset
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/99-default-disable.preset
/usr/share/centos-release
/usr/share/centos-release/EULA
/usr/share/doc/centos-linux-release
/usr/share/doc/centos-linux-release/Contributors
/usr/share/licenses/centos-linux-release
/usr/share/licenses/centos-linux-release/LICENSE
/usr/share/redhat-release
References
- [centos-linux-release website](https://centos.org
https://centos.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-linux-release on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
