How To Install liblockfile on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblockfile on Rocky Linux 8. liblockfile is This implements a number of functions found in -lmail on SysV systems

Introduction

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

What is liblockfile

This library implements a number of functions found in -lmail on SysV systems. These functions are designed to lock the standard mailboxes in /var/mail (or wherever the system puts them). In additions, this library adds a number of functions to create, manage and remove generic lockfiles.

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

Install liblockfile 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 liblockfile using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install liblockfile

Install liblockfile 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 liblockfile using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install liblockfile

How To Uninstall liblockfile on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove liblockfile

liblockfile Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/dotlockfile
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/b845bd69bb0bb7ecd20e3ef06194fc0ef79861
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/c486fb69110357c6e490ed54b20e6be2d37540
/usr/lib64/liblockfile.so.1
/usr/lib64/liblockfile.so.1.0
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile/README
/usr/share/man/man1/dotlockfile.1.gz
/usr/bin/dotlockfile
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/2bdc7fdcccd5df2155bf0ac0eb61c0e7aab848
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/fad2d15f1da1467e768049526c3473a75069da
/usr/lib/liblockfile.so.1
/usr/lib/liblockfile.so.1.0
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/liblockfile/README
/usr/share/man/man1/dotlockfile.1.gz

References

Summary

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