Guides 11792 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

The guide offers hands‑on steps for boosting DNF download speed on Rocky Linux 9. It shows how picking a local mirror, turning on the fastest‑mirror plugin, and tweaking DNS or IPv6 settings can slash wait times dramatically. The article walks you through editing repo files, installing plugins, clearing caches, and even testing throughput with wget to confirm the improvement. By following these tweaks, users swap long update stalls for just seconds of efficient downloading.

Guides 11792 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

After a fresh Rocky Linux 9 installation the first thing most users want to do is get Git up and running, so this guide walks you through installing the official package from the BaseOS repository with just a few terminal commands. The instructions start by updating DNF’s cache, then install git‑y to skip prompts and keep dependencies minimal; the result is a stable, current build that won’t bloat your system. Next you verify the installation with `git --version` and troubleshoot common issues such as missing PATH entries or permission errors when using sudo on non‑root accounts, while also warning against pulling an older Git from EPEL that lacks modern helpers. Finally, if you need cutting‑edge features you can optionally upgrade via Software Collections or build from source, but remember that this shifts update responsibility onto you—otherwise the single dnf command keeps Git ready for action.

Guides 11792 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

The article walks readers through installing the EPEL repository on Rocky Linux 9 and explains why that extra package pool is useful when the default repos fall short. It covers the essential prerequisites, showing how to pull in dnf‑plugins-core for repo management tools and then fetch the epel-release package that drops two .repo files into /etc/yum.repos.d/. Readers learn how to confirm the new repo’s activation with a quick repolist command and can optionally enable the experimental EPEL‑Next source for bleeding‑edge packages, complete with cautions about stability. Finally, the guide gives a concise recap of the steps—install the core plugin, add epel-release, verify, toggle epel-next if needed, double‑check both repos, then install any desired packages like htop or newer experimental builds.

Guides 11792 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

This article walks Rocky Linux 9 users through a clean way to install or upgrade to either the stable or mainline build of nginx by first removing any legacy packages that might conflict with RHEL or EPEL. It then shows how to add the official nginx repository via a small repo file that automatically expands the release version and includes module hotfixes, and optionally adds a separate mainline repo for the bleeding‑edge 1.27.x series. Installation commands are provided for both builds, along with troubleshooting tips such as updating openssl when dependency errors arise and instructions to verify the service is running correctly. Finally, the guide explains why keeping the nginx repo in its own file protects your settings from being overwritten by Rocky Extras during system upgrades.