How to Install and Uninstall dracut Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "dracut" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install dracut on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                dracut
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dracut" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall dracut on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                dracut
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dracut package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package dracut:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : dracut
Version : 059+suse.557.g8a62bf73-1.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 1.9 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : dracut-059+suse.557.g8a62bf73-1.1.src
Upstream URL : https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/wiki
Summary : Event driven initramfs infrastructure
Description :
Dracut contains tools to create a bootable initramfs for Linux kernels >= 2.6.
Dracut contains various modules which are driven by the event-based udev
and systemd. Having root on MD, DM, LVM2, LUKS is supported as well as
NFS, iSCSI, NBD, FCoE.