How To Install libtirpc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtirpc on Rocky Linux 8. libtirpc is Transport Independent RPC Library

Introduction

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

What is libtirpc

This package contains SunLib’s implementation of transport-independent RPC (TI-RPC) documentation. This library forms a piece of the base of Open Network Computing (ONC), and is derived directly from the Solaris 2.3 source. TI-RPC is an enhanced version of TS-RPC that requires the UNIX System V Transport Layer Interface (TLI) or an equivalent X/Open Transport Interface (XTI). TI-RPC is on-the-wire compatible with the TS-RPC, which is supported by almost 70 vendors on all major operating systems. TS-RPC source code (RPCSRC 4.0) remains available from several internet sites.

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

Install libtirpc 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 libtirpc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libtirpc

Install libtirpc 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 libtirpc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libtirpc

How To Uninstall libtirpc on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libtirpc

libtirpc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/bindresvport.blacklist
/etc/netconfig
/lib/libtirpc.so.3
/lib/libtirpc.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/3cd829bb04e65bde3ffdd7c977d1739a8b5f64
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc/README
/etc/bindresvport.blacklist
/etc/netconfig
/lib64/libtirpc.so.3
/lib64/libtirpc.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/c5bcbc33cae92e93be057169553af19837dd64
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libtirpc/README

References

Summary

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