How To Install libserf on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libserf on Rocky Linux 8. libserf is High-Performance Asynchronous HTTP Client Library

Introduction

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

What is libserf

The serf library is a C-based HTTP client library built upon the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library. It multiplexes connections, running the read/write communication asynchronously. Memory copies and transformations are kept to a minimum to provide high performance operation.

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

Install libserf 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 libserf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libserf

Install libserf 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 libserf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libserf

How To Uninstall libserf on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libserf

libserf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/be65560c71c8caa96a9c2f039a9a9b21868968
/usr/lib64/libserf-1.so.0
/usr/lib64/libserf-1.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/licenses/libserf
/usr/share/licenses/libserf/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/libserf/NOTICE

References

Summary

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