Rocky
Last updated: 2024, Mon May 27th at 21:47 CDT
Rocky is more suitable for daily use as a server but can be used as a desktop. Offering 2 minor releases per year, each one EoL the previous minor release, over 5 years. Then an additional 5 years of security updates, for a total of 10 years of support.
Official SiteGeneral Information
- Dnf package manager
- This is an Enterprise Linux
- RPM packages
- Copr a community-driven repository
Additional Setup - Enable Copr #
EPEL from copr requires that the CRB
or PowerTools
repository is enabled on your system, as some EPEL packages depend on packages from that repo.
- Rocky 8:
dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools
- Rocky 9+:
dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb