How To Install libx86 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx86 on Rocky Linux 8. libx86 is Library for making real-mode x86 calls

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx86 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libx86

A library to provide support for making real-mode x86 calls with an emulated x86 processor.

We can use yum or dnf to install libx86 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libx86.

Install libx86 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 libx86 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libx86

Install libx86 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 libx86 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libx86

How To Uninstall libx86 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libx86 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libx86

libx86 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/d0e2b786995be01a40088d599f77a81e0767b7
/usr/lib64/libx86.so.1
/usr/share/doc/libx86
/usr/share/doc/libx86/COPYRIGHT

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx86 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.