How To Install xapian-core-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-core-libs on Rocky Linux 8. xapian-core-libs is Xapian search engine libraries

Introduction

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

What is `xapian-core-libs`

Xapian is an Open Source Probabilistic Information Retrieval framework. It offers a highly adaptable toolkit that allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to applications. This package provides the libraries for applications using Xapian functionality

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

Install xapian-core-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 xapian-core-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xapian-core-libs

Install xapian-core-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 xapian-core-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xapian-core-libs

How To Uninstall xapian-core-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove xapian-core-libs

xapian-core-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/123b8e5a45779e0180983c7a4d6db8fef25619
/usr/lib64/libxapian.so.30
/usr/lib64/libxapian.so.30.10.0
/usr/share/licenses/xapian-core-libs
/usr/share/licenses/xapian-core-libs/COPYING

References

xapian-core-libs website

Summary

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