How To Install libproxy on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxy on Rocky Linux 8. libproxy is A library handling all the details of proxy configuration

Introduction

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

What is libproxy

libproxy offers the following features * extremely small core footprint (< 35K) * no external dependencies within libproxy core (libproxy plugins may have dependencies) * only 3 functions in the stable external API * dynamic adjustment to changing network topology * a standard way of dealing with proxy settings across all scenarios * a sublime sense of joy and accomplishment

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

Install libproxy 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 libproxy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libproxy

Install libproxy 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 libproxy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libproxy

How To Uninstall libproxy on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libproxy

libproxy Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/5c8382541c99340ea150e101d995804b80bb54
/usr/lib/libproxy
/usr/lib/libproxy.so.1
/usr/lib/libproxy.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libproxy/0.4.15
/usr/lib/libproxy/0.4.15/modules
/usr/share/doc/libproxy
/usr/share/doc/libproxy/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libproxy/README
/usr/share/licenses/libproxy
/usr/share/licenses/libproxy/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/59e3bf45da8b8425a7834f5dcef8dc7709b3dc
/usr/lib64/libproxy
/usr/lib64/libproxy.so.1
/usr/lib64/libproxy.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libproxy/0.4.15
/usr/lib64/libproxy/0.4.15/modules
/usr/share/doc/libproxy
/usr/share/doc/libproxy/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libproxy/README
/usr/share/licenses/libproxy
/usr/share/licenses/libproxy/COPYING

References

Summary

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