How To Install jna on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install jna on Rocky Linux 8. jna is Pure Java access to native libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jna on Rocky Linux 8.

What is jna

JNA provides Java programs easy access to native shared libraries (DLLs on Windows) without writing anything but Java code. JNA’s design aims to provide native access in a natural way with a minimum of effort. No boilerplate or generated code is required. While some attention is paid to performance, correctness and ease of use take priority.

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

Install jna 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 jna using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jna

Install jna 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 jna using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jna

How To Uninstall jna on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the jna package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove jna

jna Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/5da9119e9b9805c37cb7f632aa04480931231d
/usr/lib/java/jna
/usr/lib/java/jna.jar
/usr/lib/java/jna/jna.jar
/usr/lib64/jna
/usr/lib64/jna/libjnidispatch.so
/usr/share/doc/jna
/usr/share/doc/jna/CHANGES.md
/usr/share/doc/jna/OTHERS
/usr/share/doc/jna/README.md
/usr/share/doc/jna/TODO
/usr/share/java/jna.jar
/usr/share/java/jna.pom
/usr/share/licenses/jna
/usr/share/licenses/jna/AL2.0
/usr/share/licenses/jna/LGPL2.1
/usr/share/licenses/jna/LICENSE
/usr/share/maven-metadata/jna.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/jna
/usr/share/maven-poms/jna.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/jna/jna.pom

References

Summary

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