Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

[Pages:34]Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Installing, managing, and removing user-space components

An introduction to AppStream and BaseOS in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Last Updated: 2022-02-08

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Installing, managing, and removing user-space components

An introduction to AppStream and BaseOS in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Abstract

This document describes searching, discovering, installing, and using content in the AppStream and BaseOS repositories in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. This includes a description of how to use modules, application streams, and profiles.

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Table of Contents

.M. A. .K. I.N. .G. .O. P. .E. N. . S. .O. U. .R. C. .E. .M. .O. R. .E. .IN. .C. L. .U. S. .IV. .E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3. . . . . . . . . . . . .

.P.R. O. .V. .ID. .IN. .G. .F. .E.E. D. .B. A. .C. K. . O. .N. .R. .E.D. .H. .A.T. .D. O. .C. .U. M. .E. .N.T. .A.T. I.O. .N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4. . . . . . . . . . . . .

.C.H. .A.P. .T.E. R. .1...U. S. .IN. .G. . A. .P.P. .S.T. R. .E.A. .M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5. . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.1. DISTRIBUTION OF CONTENT IN RHEL 8

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1.2. APPLICATION STREAMS

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1.3. PACKAGING METHODS IN RHEL 8

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1.4. PACKAGE MANAGEMENT USING YUM IN RHEL 8

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.C.H. .A.P. .T.E. R. .2. . I.N. .T.R. O. .D. .U. C. .T.I.O. .N. .T.O. .M. .O. .D. U. .L. E. .S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7. . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.1. MODULE STREAMS

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2.2. MODULE PROFILES

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.C.H. .A.P. .T.E. R. .3. . F. .IN. .D. .IN. .G. .R. H. .E. L. . 8. .C. .O. N. .T. E. .N. T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9. . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.1. SEARCHING FOR A PACKAGE

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3.2. LISTING AVAILABLE MODULES

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3.3. COMMANDS FOR LISTING CONTENT

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.C.H. .A.P. .T.E. R. .4. . .IN. .S.T. .A.L. L. .IN. .G. .R. .H.E. L. . 8. .C. .O. N. .T. E. .N. T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4. . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.1. INSTALLING A PACKAGE

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4.2. SELECTING A STREAM BEFORE INSTALLATION OF PACKAGES

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4.3. OVERRIDING MODULE DEFAULT STREAMS

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4.4. INSTALLING MODULAR CONTENT

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4.5. RUNNING INSTALLED CONTENT

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4.6. COMMANDS FOR INSTALLING RHEL 8 CONTENT

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4.7. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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.C.H. .A.P. .T.E. R. .5. . R. .E. M. .O. .V. I.N. .G. .R.H. .E.L. .8. .C. O. .N. .T.E. N. .T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.0. . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.1. REMOVING INSTALLED PACKAGES

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5.2. REMOVING INSTALLED MODULAR CONTENT

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5.2.1. Removing all packages from a module stream

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5.2.2. Removing packages from an installed profile

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5.3. RESETTING MODULE STREAMS

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5.4. COMMANDS FOR REMOVING CONTENT

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.C.H. .A.P. .T.E. R. .6. . .M. A. .N. .A.G. .IN. .G. .V. .E.R. S. .IO. .N. .S. .O. F. .A. .P.P. .L.IC. .A. T. .IO. .N. . S. .T.R. E. .A. M. . .C.O. .N. .T.E. N. .T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.7. . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.1. MODULAR DEPENDENCIES AND STREAM CHANGES

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6.2. INTERACTION OF MODULAR AND NON-MODULAR DEPENDENCIES

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6.3. RESETTING MODULE STREAMS

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6.4. DISABLING ALL STREAMS OF A MODULE

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6.5. SWITCHING TO A LATER STREAM

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MAKING OPEN SOURCE MORE INCLUSIVE

MAKING OPEN SOURCE MORE INCLUSIVE

Red Hat is committed to replacing problematic language in our code, documentation, and web properties. We are beginning with these four terms: master, slave, blacklist, and whitelist. Because of the enormity of this endeavor, these changes will be implemented gradually over several upcoming releases. For more details, see our CTO Chris Wright's message .

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