How To Install libgit2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgit2 on Rocky Linux 8. libgit2 is C implementation of the Git core methods as a library with a solid API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgit2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libgit2`

libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing you to write native speed custom Git applications in any language with bindings.

We can use yum or dnf to install libgit2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgit2.

Install libgit2 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 libgit2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgit2

Install libgit2 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 libgit2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgit2

How To Uninstall libgit2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libgit2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgit2

libgit2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/06d3a0d2e66b65b3e233b0576cd957b347b412
/usr/lib/libgit2.so.0.26.8
/usr/lib/libgit2.so.26
/usr/share/licenses/libgit2
/usr/share/licenses/libgit2/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/6d7a05d41dd90e0b4f60369b34de484ded3828
/usr/lib64/libgit2.so.0.26.8
/usr/lib64/libgit2.so.26
/usr/share/licenses/libgit2
/usr/share/licenses/libgit2/COPYING

References

libgit2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgit2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.