How To Install libmbim-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmbim-utils on Rocky Linux 8. libmbim-utils is Utilities to use the MBIM protocol from the command line

Introduction

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

What is libmbim-utils

This package contains the utilities that make it easier to use MBIM functionality from the command line.

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

Install libmbim-utils 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-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmbim-utils

Install libmbim-utils 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-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmbim-utils

How To Uninstall libmbim-utils on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libmbim-utils

libmbim-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/mbim-network
/usr/bin/mbimcli
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/2e7fe595f735b5d78acf618ed8e0b1222063d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/bf26a451aad2ca09485e10c9040e4b7c221d4f
/usr/libexec/mbim-proxy
/usr/share/man/man1/mbim-network.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mbimcli.1.gz

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Summary

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