How To Install avahi-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-libs on Rocky Linux 8. avahi-libs is Libraries for avahi run-time use

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `avahi-libs`

The avahi-libs package contains the libraries needed to run programs that use avahi.

We can use yum or dnf to install avahi-libs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install avahi-libs.

Install avahi-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install avahi-libs

Install avahi-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install avahi-libs

How To Uninstall avahi-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the avahi-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove avahi-libs

avahi-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/da2452a97042ba70eb33772a0c85e378c03e50
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/bc8205d21e5ec765bdfc7c4ec94bc8db2aa01c
/usr/lib/libavahi-client.so.3
/usr/lib/libavahi-client.so.3.2.9
/usr/lib/libavahi-common.so.3
/usr/lib/libavahi-common.so.3.5.3
/usr/share/doc/avahi-libs
/usr/share/doc/avahi-libs/README
/usr/share/licenses/avahi-libs
/usr/share/licenses/avahi-libs/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/6e65a16a316d823f959be303986c1bc840737b
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/89da2ae52eb8108a0466da66210edbeebe7b39
/usr/lib64/libavahi-client.so.3
/usr/lib64/libavahi-client.so.3.2.9
/usr/lib64/libavahi-common.so.3
/usr/lib64/libavahi-common.so.3.5.3
/usr/share/doc/avahi-libs
/usr/share/doc/avahi-libs/README
/usr/share/licenses/avahi-libs
/usr/share/licenses/avahi-libs/LICENSE

References

avahi-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-libs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.