How To Install libmbim on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbim on Rocky Linux 8. libmbim is Support library for the Mobile Broadband Interface Model protocol

Introduction

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

What is libmbim

This package contains the libraries that make it easier to use MBIM functionality from applications that use glib.

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

Install libmbim 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 libmbim using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmbim

Install libmbim 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 libmbim using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmbim

How To Uninstall libmbim on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libmbim

libmbim Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/37a264ad016a8e0e84491a46825947873909e9
/usr/lib64/libmbim-glib.so.4
/usr/lib64/libmbim-glib.so.4.4.1
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mbimcli
/usr/share/doc/libmbim
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/6a7e2ace79af63da21a4b8ce8c484b9501e765
/usr/lib/libmbim-glib.so.4
/usr/lib/libmbim-glib.so.4.4.1
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mbimcli
/usr/share/doc/libmbim
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmbim/README

References

Summary

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