How To Install libguestfs-java-devel on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-java-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libguestfs-java-devel

libguestfs-java-devel contains the tools for developing Java software using libguestfs. See also libguestfs-javadoc.

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

Install libguestfs-java-devel 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 libguestfs-java-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libguestfs-java-devel

Install libguestfs-java-devel 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 libguestfs-java-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libguestfs-java-devel

How To Uninstall libguestfs-java-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libguestfs-java-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libguestfs-java-devel

libguestfs-java-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/libguestfs_jni.so
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-java-devel
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-java-devel/CreateDisk.java
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-java-devel/InspectVM.java
/usr/share/man/man3/guestfs-java.3.gz

References

• libguestfs-java-devel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-java-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.