How To Install libapreq2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapreq2 on Rocky Linux 8. libapreq2 is Apache HTTP request library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapreq2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libapreq2

libapreq is a shared library with associated modules for manipulating client request data via the Apache API. Functionality includes parsing of application/x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart/form-data content, as well as HTTP cookies.

We can use yum or dnf to install libapreq2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libapreq2.

Install libapreq2 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 libapreq2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libapreq2

Install libapreq2 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 libapreq2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libapreq2

How To Uninstall libapreq2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libapreq2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libapreq2

libapreq2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/apreq.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/2df6d001307d6e960baad212dac22e9f579cc7
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_apreq2.so
/usr/share/doc/libapreq2
/usr/share/doc/libapreq2/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/libapreq2/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/libapreq2/NOTICE
/usr/share/doc/libapreq2/README

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapreq2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.