How To Install minizip on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install minizip on Rocky Linux 8. minizip is Minizip contrib in zlib with the latest bug fixes and advanced features

Introduction

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

What is minizip

Minizip zlib contribution that includes * AES encryption * I/O buffering * PKWARE disk splitting It also has the latest bug fixes that having been found all over the internet.

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

Install minizip 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 minizip using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install minizip

Install minizip 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 minizip using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install minizip

How To Uninstall minizip on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove minizip

minizip Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/307fe72eb3a8a6b3774bd2514a9db4a2893f59
/usr/lib64/libminizip.so.2.5
/usr/lib64/libminizip.so.2.8.9
/usr/share/doc/minizip
/usr/share/doc/minizip/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/minizip
/usr/share/licenses/minizip/LICENSE

References

Summary

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