How To Install libnftnl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnftnl on Rocky Linux 8. libnftnl is Library for low-level interaction with nftables Netlink’s API over libmnl

Introduction

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

What is libnftnl

A library for low-level interaction with nftables Netlink’s API over libmnl.

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

Install libnftnl 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 libnftnl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnftnl

Install libnftnl 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 libnftnl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnftnl

How To Uninstall libnftnl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libnftnl

libnftnl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/c20f4f1486d7f47922a2752c56b64411ba4e23
/usr/lib/libnftnl.so.11
/usr/lib/libnftnl.so.11.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libnftnl
/usr/share/doc/libnftnl/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/a8a967ffb3f20838306464f1f7167e0ad5e043
/usr/lib64/libnftnl.so.11
/usr/lib64/libnftnl.so.11.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libnftnl
/usr/share/doc/libnftnl/COPYING

References

Summary

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