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Rockylinux Playground

Rocky Linux is a community-driven, open-source Linux distro intended to be a downstream, binary-compatible release of RHEL..

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Welcome to the Rocky Linux Playground!

Rocky Linux 9 — the community-driven, 100% bug-for-bug compatible RHEL replacement. The spiritual successor to CentOS, maintained by a non-profit foundation.

Tip: Enable EPEL for thousands of extra packages: dnf install -y epel-release

What’s Pre-installed

Shell: Bash, GNU coreutils
Package manager: dnf
Repos: BaseOS, AppStream, Extras

Quick Start

uname -a
cat /etc/os-release
dnf install -y epel-release
dnf install -y vim curl wget git

Common Workflows

# Package management
dnf install -y epel-release
dnf search <name>
dnf install -y <package>
dnf group list
dnf group install "Development Tools"

# Transaction history
dnf history list
dnf history info <id>
dnf history undo <id>

Advanced Tips

# SIG packages (Rocky special interest groups)
dnf install -y rocky-release-plus-plus

# Verify package integrity
rpm -V <package>

# Show what package provides a file
dnf provides /usr/bin/python3

Session Notes

Session lasts 1 hour.
Fully interchangeable with AlmaLinux and RHEL 9 for most workloads.