How To Install sombok on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sombok on Rocky Linux 8. sombok is Unicode Text Segmentation Package

Introduction

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

What is `sombok`

Sombok library package performs Line Breaking Algorithm described in Unicode Standards Annex #14 (UAX #14). East_Asian_Width informative properties defined by Annex #11 (UAX #11) may be concerned to determine breaking positions. This package also implements “default” Grapheme Cluster segmentation described in Annex #29 (UAX #29).

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

Install sombok 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 sombok using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sombok

Install sombok 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 sombok using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sombok

How To Uninstall sombok on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove sombok

sombok Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/7a854dc42da101e2b907c019a4fc0271b0c618
/usr/lib64/libsombok.so.3
/usr/lib64/libsombok.so.3.1.7
/usr/share/doc/sombok
/usr/share/doc/sombok/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/sombok/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/sombok/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/sombok/ChangeLog.REL1
/usr/share/doc/sombok/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/sombok/README
/usr/share/doc/sombok/README.ja_JP
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/7aa84a476b7db790ca6f3c7bc2c8cb063b1927
/usr/lib/libsombok.so.3
/usr/lib/libsombok.so.3.1.7
/usr/share/doc/sombok
/usr/share/doc/sombok/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/sombok/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/sombok/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/sombok/ChangeLog.REL1
/usr/share/doc/sombok/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/sombok/README
/usr/share/doc/sombok/README.ja_JP

References

sombok website

Summary

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