How To Install json-c on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install json-c on Rocky Linux 8. json-c is JSON implementation in C

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install json-c on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `json-c`

JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects. It aims to conform to RFC 7159.

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

Install json-c 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 json-c using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install json-c

Install json-c 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 json-c using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install json-c

How To Uninstall json-c on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the json-c package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove json-c

json-c Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/136840e6900e8862ef450ae6c9204d1692d7f1
/usr/lib64/libjson-c.so.4
/usr/lib64/libjson-c.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/json-c
/usr/share/licenses/json-c/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/json-c/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/99fbeadbfbf2b2af9a5ea56cafb645d0060272
/usr/lib/libjson-c.so.4
/usr/lib/libjson-c.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/json-c
/usr/share/licenses/json-c/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/json-c/COPYING

References

json-c website

Summary

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