How To Install libical on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libical on Rocky Linux 8. libical is Reference implementation of the iCalendar data type and serialization format

Introduction

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

What is libical

Reference implementation of the iCalendar data type and serialization format used in dozens of calendaring and scheduling products.

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

Install libical 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 libical using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libical

Install libical 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 libical using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libical

How To Uninstall libical on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libical

libical Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/95269c19ef14875eecfc2bdc39dc628b19469d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/5d850204672065e08a8d04d8effc6d0807d569
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/044b71e63d2a8043a2b528a9bab2a8a9bc3bf5
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/d75f7bdca41ccb60d9f502f0f23c8f7a6869da
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/81a60b3b16ffa1bba489ea5ffc69b914609648
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/libical-3.0.3.typelib
/usr/lib/libical.so.3
/usr/lib/libical.so.3.0.3
/usr/lib/libical_cxx.so.3
/usr/lib/libical_cxx.so.3.0.3
/usr/lib/libicalss.so.3
/usr/lib/libicalss.so.3.0.3
/usr/lib/libicalss_cxx.so.3
/usr/lib/libicalss_cxx.so.3.0.3
/usr/lib/libicalvcal.so.3
/usr/lib/libicalvcal.so.3.0.3
/usr/share/doc/libical
/usr/share/doc/libical/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/libical/ReadMe.txt
/usr/share/doc/libical/THANKS
/usr/share/gir-1.0/libical-3.0.3.gir
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/bdeb84796773417e94371551d0ed20c47aa1b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/2c5d8c67eb41dbaa758d29bb3473027140edd7
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/036919cfee9cc2f844d8b484e7c2e538887c2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/debf3d1f268f6bb3f89474308a561fadbbe46a
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/4fa61ef19f2e57658290d8b673bee7823bf025
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/libical-3.0.3.typelib
/usr/lib64/libical.so.3
/usr/lib64/libical.so.3.0.3
/usr/lib64/libical_cxx.so.3
/usr/lib64/libical_cxx.so.3.0.3
/usr/lib64/libicalss.so.3
/usr/lib64/libicalss.so.3.0.3
/usr/lib64/libicalss_cxx.so.3
/usr/lib64/libicalss_cxx.so.3.0.3
/usr/lib64/libicalvcal.so.3
/usr/lib64/libicalvcal.so.3.0.3
/usr/share/doc/libical
/usr/share/doc/libical/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/libical/ReadMe.txt
/usr/share/doc/libical/THANKS
/usr/share/gir-1.0/libical-3.0.3.gir

References

Summary

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