How To Install amanda-libs on CentOS 8

amanda-libs is Amanda libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-libs on CentOS 8.

What is amanda-libs

This package contains basic Amanda libraries, which are used by all Amanda programs.

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

Install amanda-libs on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install amanda-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install amanda-libs

Install amanda-libs on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install amanda-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install amanda-libs

How To Uninstall amanda-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove amanda-libs

amanda-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/4d0e1456dd5cdc761596b5e355be4ad9572b67
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/bf1ccb10a5d3c9ebfb0c8de9b90f45a2ab82ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/203420afcc4a9c68981f27b67b313e9f61e3a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/63030b601a64a48a4fef04835fcdc20fdd7283
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/a2bea298b4cba554595303b4969210d49d654d
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/4ad818e313e95b1eaf907741110d55e3601438
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/b5f9bccdd1eb0f64df33237684f15994bdce16
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/1c1ea117ddb538097a3fcd20295efa5d3b6694
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/0ba9463189865a8af5ddacf237b7f8f8338abb
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/85831d60582f5ebe90905c81349c7395f694b1
/usr/lib64/libamanda-3.5.1.so
/usr/lib64/libamanda.so
/usr/lib64/libamandad-3.5.1.so
/usr/lib64/libamandad.so
/usr/lib64/libamar-3.5.1.so
/usr/lib64/libamar.so
/usr/lib64/libamclient-3.5.1.so
/usr/lib64/libamclient.so
/usr/lib64/libamdevice-3.5.1.so
/usr/lib64/libamdevice.so
/usr/lib64/libamglue-3.5.1.so
/usr/lib64/libamglue.so
/usr/lib64/libamserver-3.5.1.so
/usr/lib64/libamserver.so
/usr/lib64/libamxfer-3.5.1.so
/usr/lib64/libamxfer.so
/usr/lib64/libndmjob-3.5.1.so
/usr/lib64/libndmjob.so
/usr/lib64/libndmlib-3.5.1.so
/usr/lib64/libndmlib.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.