How To Install liblxi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblxi on Rocky Linux 8. liblxi is Library with simple API for communication with LXI devices

Introduction

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

What is liblxi

The LXI library (liblxi) is an open source software library for GNU/Linux systems which offers a simple API for communicating with LXI enabled instruments. The API allows applications to easily discover instruments on networks and communicate SCPI commands.

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

Install liblxi 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 liblxi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install liblxi

Install liblxi 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 liblxi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install liblxi

How To Uninstall liblxi on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove liblxi

liblxi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/82e38ef9a443fc724148c96351c6ab1a63e356
/usr/lib64/liblxi.so.1
/usr/lib64/liblxi.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/liblxi
/usr/share/doc/liblxi/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/liblxi/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/liblxi/README
/usr/share/licenses/liblxi
/usr/share/licenses/liblxi/COPYING

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Summary

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