How To Install apr-util on CentOS 8

apr-util is Apache Portable Runtime Utility library Apache Portable Runtime Utility library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apr-util on CentOS 8.

What is apr-util

The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is to provide a free library of C data structures and routines. This library contains additional utility interfaces for APR; including support for XML, LDAP, database interfaces, URI parsing and more. apr-util 1.6.1 6.el8 x86_64 105 k apr-util-1.6.1-6.el8.src.rpm appstream Apache Portable Runtime Utility library http ASL 2.0 The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is to provide a free library of C data structures and routines. This library contains additional utility interfaces for APR; including support for XML, LDAP, database interfaces, URI parsing and more.

We can use yum or dnf to install apr-util on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install apr-util.

Install apr-util on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install apr-util using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install apr-util

Install apr-util on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install apr-util using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install apr-util

How To Uninstall apr-util on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the apr-util package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove apr-util

apr-util Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/b253756dabddc4d7bbe5f3605a7dd86052fdfe
/usr/lib/apr-util-1
/usr/lib/libaprutil-1.so.0
/usr/lib/libaprutil-1.so.0.6.1
/usr/share/doc/apr-util
/usr/share/doc/apr-util/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/apr-util/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/apr-util/NOTICE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/98e6f3bdb743f7cae43a31407f9821f5b15c6c
/usr/lib64/apr-util-1
/usr/lib64/libaprutil-1.so.0
/usr/lib64/libaprutil-1.so.0.6.1
/usr/share/doc/apr-util
/usr/share/doc/apr-util/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/apr-util/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/apr-util/NOTICE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apr-util on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.