How To Install libcom_err on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcom_err on Rocky Linux 8. libcom_err is Common error description library

Introduction

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

What is libcom_err

This is the common error description library, part of e2fsprogs. libcom_err is an attempt to present a common error-handling mechanism.

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

Install libcom_err 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 libcom_err using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcom_err

Install libcom_err 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 libcom_err using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcom_err

How To Uninstall libcom_err on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libcom_err

libcom_err Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/2331ffe5c05070bbb2346c5e8aab7b04bb1a32
/usr/lib/libcom_err.so.2
/usr/lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
/usr/share/licenses/libcom_err
/usr/share/licenses/libcom_err/NOTICE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/433b153a67d7983b008f3c8ebb90de8635bc67
/usr/lib64/libcom_err.so.2
/usr/lib64/libcom_err.so.2.1
/usr/share/licenses/libcom_err
/usr/share/licenses/libcom_err/NOTICE

References

Summary

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