How To Install libss7 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libss7 on Rocky Linux 8. libss7 is SS7 protocol services to applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libss7 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libss7

libss7 is a userspace library that is used for providing SS7 protocol services to applications. It has a working MTP2, MTP3, and ISUP for ITU and ANSI style SS7, however it was written in a manner that will easily allow support for other various national specific variants in the future.

We can use yum or dnf to install libss7 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libss7.

Install libss7 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 libss7 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libss7

Install libss7 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 libss7 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libss7

How To Uninstall libss7 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libss7 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libss7

libss7 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/ec69b7fa3665648b3e5d61abf7e1e34ba2ca21
/usr/lib64/libss7.so.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libss7
/usr/share/doc/libss7/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libss7/NEWS-05-30-2008
/usr/share/doc/libss7/NEWS-08-12-2008
/usr/share/doc/libss7/NEWS-08-23-2006
/usr/share/doc/libss7/NEWS-09-11-2006
/usr/share/doc/libss7/NEWS-09-27-2006
/usr/share/doc/libss7/README
/usr/share/doc/libss7/libss7-2.0.0-summary.html
/usr/share/doc/libss7/libss7-2.0.0-summary.txt
/usr/share/licenses/libss7
/usr/share/licenses/libss7/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libss7 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.