How To Install pkgos-setup-sbuild on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install openstack-pkg-tools

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install openstack-pkg-tools

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is pkgos-setup-sbuild and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install pkgos-setup-sbuild on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install pkgos-setup-sbuild on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install pkgos-setup-sbuild using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openstack-pkg-tools

Install pkgos-setup-sbuild on CentOS 8 using yum

Because pkgos-setup-sbuild is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install pkgos-setup-sbuild package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openstack-pkg-tools

How to upgrade (update) a single package pkgos-setup-sbuild using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like pkgos-setup-sbuild in this example you should use the following command:

yum update openstack-pkg-tools

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade openstack-pkg-tools

How to Upgrade pkgos-setup-sbuild on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update openstack-pkg-tools

How To remove pkgos-setup-sbuild from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the pkgos-setup-sbuild package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove openstack-pkg-tools

Extra info and code examples

This package contains some useful shell scripts and helpers for building the OpenStack packages in Debian, including: * shared code for maintainer scripts (.config, .postinst, ...). * init script templates to automatically generate init scripts for sysv-rc, systemd and upstart. * tools to build backports using sbuild and/or Jenkins based on gbp workflow. * utility to maintain git packaging (to be included in a debian/rules). Even if this package is maintained in order to build OpenStack packages, it is of a general purpose, and it can be used for building any package.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install pkgos-setup-sbuild using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the pkgos-setup-sbuild from CentOS 8.

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