How To Install libuv on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuv on Rocky Linux 8. libuv is Platform layer for node.js

Introduction

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

What is libuv

libuv is a new platform layer for Node. Its purpose is to abstract IOCP on Windows and libev on Unix systems. We intend to eventually contain all platform differences in this library.

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

Install libuv 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 libuv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libuv

Install libuv 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 libuv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libuv

How To Uninstall libuv on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libuv

libuv Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/21cde27fc2dd9ed4f3e7bfa13dd785d51dc700
/usr/lib64/libuv.so.1
/usr/lib64/libuv.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libuv/libuv.abignore
/usr/share/doc/libuv
/usr/share/doc/libuv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libuv/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libuv/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libuv/MAINTAINERS.md
/usr/share/doc/libuv/README.md
/usr/share/doc/libuv/SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS.md
/usr/share/licenses/libuv
/usr/share/licenses/libuv/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/298bbdbf1347675337cfc8fd1e5893737a7060
/usr/lib/libuv.so.1
/usr/lib/libuv.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libuv/libuv.abignore
/usr/share/doc/libuv
/usr/share/doc/libuv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libuv/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libuv/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libuv/MAINTAINERS.md
/usr/share/doc/libuv/README.md
/usr/share/doc/libuv/SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS.md
/usr/share/licenses/libuv
/usr/share/licenses/libuv/LICENSE

References

Summary

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