How To Install libmpdclient on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdclient on Rocky Linux 8. libmpdclient is Library for interfacing Music Player Daemon

Introduction

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

What is libmpdclient

A stable, documented, asynchronous API library for interfacing MPD in the C, C++ & Objective C languages.

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

Install libmpdclient 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 libmpdclient using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmpdclient

Install libmpdclient 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 libmpdclient using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmpdclient

How To Uninstall libmpdclient on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libmpdclient

libmpdclient Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/78d9e8b75d3b0506d7f564e03ff28145480150
/usr/lib64/libmpdclient.so.2
/usr/lib64/libmpdclient.so.2.19
/usr/share/doc/libmpdclient
/usr/share/doc/libmpdclient/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmpdclient/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmpdclient/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/libmpdclient
/usr/share/licenses/libmpdclient/COPYING

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Summary

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