How To Install libmspub on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmspub on Rocky Linux 8. libmspub is A library for import of Microsoft Publisher documents

Introduction

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

What is libmspub

Libmspub is library providing ability to interpret and import Microsoft Publisher content into various applications. You can find it being used in libreoffice.

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

Install libmspub 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 libmspub using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmspub

Install libmspub 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 libmspub using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmspub

How To Uninstall libmspub on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libmspub

libmspub Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/ad6e15ea9413ff88cf686dd8ccffe3c9658579
/usr/lib/libmspub-0.1.so.1
/usr/lib/libmspub-0.1.so.1.0.4
/usr/share/doc/libmspub
/usr/share/doc/libmspub/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmspub/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmspub/README
/usr/share/licenses/libmspub
/usr/share/licenses/libmspub/COPYING.MPL
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/e73e0eae6c5cd34d7aeb3bd79638ed21b390ea
/usr/lib64/libmspub-0.1.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmspub-0.1.so.1.0.4
/usr/share/doc/libmspub
/usr/share/doc/libmspub/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmspub/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmspub/README
/usr/share/licenses/libmspub
/usr/share/licenses/libmspub/COPYING.MPL

References

Summary

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