{"id":13756,"date":"2022-01-11T11:28:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T11:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/?p=13756"},"modified":"2022-01-11T11:28:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T11:28:29","slug":"how-to-enable-powertools-repository-on-rocky-linux-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/red-hat\/how-to-enable-powertools-repository-on-rocky-linux-8\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable PowerTools Repository on Rocky Linux 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

PowerTools is a special repository available for Red Hat and Red Hat derivatives such as CentOS, Oracle Linux, Rocky and AlmaLinux. It makes it possible to download and install developer-related tools, libraries, packages and dependencies. PowerTools is a prerequisite when installing some software packages provided by EPEL and other packages that other packages that need to be installed from source.<\/p>\n

In this guide, we will demonstrate how to install the PowerTools repository.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Enable PowerTools repository<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To set the ball rolling, launch your terminal and install the core DNF plugins <\/a>as follows.<\/p>\n

$ sudo dnf install dnf-plugins-core<\/strong><\/pre>\n
In our case, the package is already installed.<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n
Once installed, head over to the next step and enable EPEL repository.<\/p>\n
Step 2: Enable EPEL repository<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The next step is to install EPEL. EPEL, an acronym for Extra Packages for Enterpise Linux, is a repository that provides a set of high quality packages from Fedora Project which are not included, by default, on Red Hat and Red Hat distros such as Rocky and AlmaLinux.<\/p>\n
To install EPEL run the command:<\/p>\n
$ sudo dnf install https:\/\/dl.fedoraproject.org\/pub\/epel\/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n
You can confirm that EPEL is installed by running the command:<\/p>\n
$ rpm -qi<\/strong><\/pre>\n
The command provides intricate details such as the name, version release, and architecture of EPEL.<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n
With EPEL in place, we can now go ahead and enable PowerTools repository.<\/p>\n
Step 3: Enable PowerTools repository <\/strong><\/h2>\n
Lastly, we are going to enable the PowerTools repository. To achieve this m use the config-manager program as follows.<\/p>\n
$ sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n
To verify that PowerTools has been enabled, check the list of enabled repositories.<\/p>\n
$ sudo dnf repolist<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
From the output, we can see that PowerTools is included in the list of enabled repositories alongside EPEL. A better way to narrow down the output is to run the command<\/p>\n
$ sudo dnf repolist | grep -i powertools<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n
Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n
And there you have it! Enabling PowerTools repository on Rocky Linux and any other Red Hat derivative is as easy as they come. It\u2019s a matter of three simple steps, and you have it enabled on your system.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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