How To Install kernel-tools-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-tools-libs on Rocky Linux 8. kernel-tools-libs is Libraries for the kernel-tools

Introduction

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

What is kernel-tools-libs

This package contains the libraries built from the tools/ directory from the kernel source.

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

Install kernel-tools-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 kernel-tools-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kernel-tools-libs

Install kernel-tools-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 kernel-tools-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kernel-tools-libs

How To Uninstall kernel-tools-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kernel-tools-libs

kernel-tools-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/libcpupower.so.0
/usr/lib64/libcpupower.so.0.0.1

References

Summary

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