How To Install libhbalinux on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhbalinux on Rocky Linux 8. libhbalinux is FC-HBAAPI implementation using scsi_transport_fc interfaces

Introduction

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

What is libhbalinux

SNIA HBAAPI vendor library built on top of the scsi_transport_fc interfaces.

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

Install libhbalinux 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 libhbalinux using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libhbalinux

Install libhbalinux 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 libhbalinux using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libhbalinux

How To Uninstall libhbalinux on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libhbalinux

libhbalinux Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/4b44cc02ead80be1e3009f674b34ae12264aa7
/usr/lib/libhbalinux.so.2
/usr/lib/libhbalinux.so.2.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libhbalinux
/usr/share/doc/libhbalinux/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libhbalinux/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/be969c2156805acd3d4ab7c28357375daf3648
/usr/lib64/libhbalinux.so.2
/usr/lib64/libhbalinux.so.2.0.2
/usr/share/doc/libhbalinux
/usr/share/doc/libhbalinux/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libhbalinux/README

References

Summary

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