How To Install mozjs52 on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mozjs52 on Rocky Linux 8.
What is mozjs52
SpiderMonkey is the code-name for Mozilla Firefox’s C++ implementation of JavaScript. It is intended to be embedded in other applications that provide host environments for JavaScript.
We can use yum or dnf to install mozjs52 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mozjs52.
Install mozjs52 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 mozjs52 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mozjs52
Install mozjs52 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 mozjs52 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mozjs52
How To Uninstall mozjs52 on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the mozjs52 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mozjs52
mozjs52 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/1c82f2a9b58b8bb58dc95a199beaa5fd2111bd
/usr/lib/libmozjs-52.so.0
/usr/lib/libmozjs-52.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/mozjs52
/usr/share/doc/mozjs52/README.html
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/3db01cdf1dd20c85ba9f5aa65ce0b2f780bebb
/usr/lib64/libmozjs-52.so.0
/usr/lib64/libmozjs-52.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/mozjs52
/usr/share/doc/mozjs52/README.html
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mozjs52 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
