How To Install systemd-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-libs on Rocky Linux 8. systemd-libs is systemd libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `systemd-libs`

Libraries for systemd and udev.

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

Install systemd-libs 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 systemd-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install systemd-libs

Install systemd-libs 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 systemd-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install systemd-libs

How To Uninstall systemd-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the systemd-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove systemd-libs

systemd-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/c9fbe8921f54612b233a13987e7cd6321bc979
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/5cfffb2435c7473941932849f57cb1488389d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/0a514b4bce1b3e16b63b492e6c2f0b363a29af
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/cd0c0a2d140bfaa4f2d376db305c19793662be
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/86c9a6ee1f1dfdede896acc24ebccecbd540ca
/usr/lib64/libnss_myhostname.so.2
/usr/lib64/libnss_resolve.so.2
/usr/lib64/libnss_systemd.so.2
/usr/lib64/libsystemd.so.0
/usr/lib64/libsystemd.so.0.23.0
/usr/lib64/libudev.so.1
/usr/lib64/libudev.so.1.6.11
/usr/share/licenses/systemd
/usr/share/licenses/systemd/LICENSE.LGPL2.1
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_myhostname.so.2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_resolve.so.2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_systemd.so.2.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/8927377ac2b0b6930b8cacb51eec64f48e9528
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/8095724c5a90d68c0146107ae7cbf0c8afbb40
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/90c3f460f2973a78b7e5a76db688d45153cf58
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/525485dec620fee228534ca66501d3e36dfb88
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/438503585d900024d27ceba1987c027396e19f
/usr/lib/libnss_myhostname.so.2
/usr/lib/libnss_resolve.so.2
/usr/lib/libnss_systemd.so.2
/usr/lib/libsystemd.so.0
/usr/lib/libsystemd.so.0.23.0
/usr/lib/libudev.so.1
/usr/lib/libudev.so.1.6.11
/usr/share/licenses/systemd
/usr/share/licenses/systemd/LICENSE.LGPL2.1
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_myhostname.so.2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_resolve.so.2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_systemd.so.2.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/a9a6257eefb651e44bdd474293b2b36f442096
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/5c6933d4e31a03d1412cc794abcd9a8649dfed
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/32e6686ddfed0922492a53db2a53e0441d0354
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/500933f1df5a7c5d2a12dcd90a7df3f924d6ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/6b4ab47cb4d7b3acc26c0d535abf882cace0c4
/usr/lib64/libnss_myhostname.so.2
/usr/lib64/libnss_resolve.so.2
/usr/lib64/libnss_systemd.so.2
/usr/lib64/libsystemd.so.0
/usr/lib64/libsystemd.so.0.23.0
/usr/lib64/libudev.so.1
/usr/lib64/libudev.so.1.6.11
/usr/share/licenses/systemd
/usr/share/licenses/systemd/LICENSE.LGPL2.1
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_myhostname.so.2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_resolve.so.2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_systemd.so.2.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/932819cde1e1b1424cc0dda04a8ade902b57ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/a054c10e6ec384e50891074eb37a6036601c9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/73a6b402ae9eeb3d0e85f96aec2c41eedf072a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/28455624aaf9edeb759deaad2096833d4c4b5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/9d5c575130f144aafab9b7de62fb1cb9b8a210
/usr/lib/libnss_myhostname.so.2
/usr/lib/libnss_resolve.so.2
/usr/lib/libnss_systemd.so.2
/usr/lib/libsystemd.so.0
/usr/lib/libsystemd.so.0.23.0
/usr/lib/libudev.so.1
/usr/lib/libudev.so.1.6.11
/usr/share/licenses/systemd
/usr/share/licenses/systemd/LICENSE.LGPL2.1
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_myhostname.so.2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_resolve.so.2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_systemd.so.2.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/fd75e08c3babb12667b29526636fa5fea44501
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/29c2a111ee6b7915e586fdbdb872bd06796e74
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/bf12fa7c7ea0e50e3587934dcd50aba164768a
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/cb498a237e948568ce9029ea0b00847cd723f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/74a43aad0fe6c09512e2494ce2369e93f81263
/usr/lib/libnss_myhostname.so.2
/usr/lib/libnss_resolve.so.2
/usr/lib/libnss_systemd.so.2
/usr/lib/libsystemd.so.0
/usr/lib/libsystemd.so.0.23.0
/usr/lib/libudev.so.1
/usr/lib/libudev.so.1.6.11
/usr/share/licenses/systemd
/usr/share/licenses/systemd/LICENSE.LGPL2.1
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_myhostname.so.2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_resolve.so.2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_systemd.so.2.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/5c58c448ea789a51d269353583610bb8608cee
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/761743b8b5a6f9a6741e563862ec286865a6d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/e293a903cd19097c67975fcb87fcd2d6d6b522
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/dcde592e320b69b5e74cfeed1de84929e69d0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/e3144451a59a411ae10ecc4b0d2042a1bfc664
/usr/lib64/libnss_myhostname.so.2
/usr/lib64/libnss_resolve.so.2
/usr/lib64/libnss_systemd.so.2
/usr/lib64/libsystemd.so.0
/usr/lib64/libsystemd.so.0.23.0
/usr/lib64/libudev.so.1
/usr/lib64/libudev.so.1.6.11
/usr/share/licenses/systemd
/usr/share/licenses/systemd/LICENSE.LGPL2.1
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_myhostname.so.2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_resolve.so.2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libnss_systemd.so.2.8.gz

References

systemd-libs website

Summary

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