How To Install libmodman on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodman on Rocky Linux 8. libmodman is A simple library for managing C++ modules (plug-ins)

Introduction

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

What is libmodman

libmodman is a simple library for managing C++ modules (plug-ins).

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

Install libmodman 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 libmodman using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmodman

Install libmodman 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 libmodman using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmodman

How To Uninstall libmodman on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libmodman

libmodman Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/c279f810e4ba15fd06394af1be348ed2d4ae4f
/usr/lib64/libmodman.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmodman.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libmodman
/usr/share/doc/libmodman/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/libmodman
/usr/share/licenses/libmodman/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/5130f61af2ca0eca1b8b853978c328b295f206
/usr/lib/libmodman.so.1
/usr/lib/libmodman.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libmodman
/usr/share/doc/libmodman/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/libmodman
/usr/share/licenses/libmodman/COPYING

References

Summary

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