How To Install apache-commons-codec on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apache-commons-codec on CentOS 8.
What is apache-commons-codec
Commons Codec is an attempt to provide definitive implementations of commonly used encoders and decoders. Examples include Base64, Hex, Phonetic and URLs.
We can use yum or dnf to install apache-commons-codec on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install apache-commons-codec.
Install apache-commons-codec 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 apache-commons-codec using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install apache-commons-codec
Install apache-commons-codec 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 apache-commons-codec using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install apache-commons-codec
How To Uninstall apache-commons-codec on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the apache-commons-codec package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove apache-commons-codec
apache-commons-codec Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/doc/apache-commons-codec
/usr/share/doc/apache-commons-codec/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
/usr/share/java/apache-commons-codec.jar
/usr/share/java/commons-codec.jar
/usr/share/licenses/apache-commons-codec
/usr/share/licenses/apache-commons-codec/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/licenses/apache-commons-codec/NOTICE.txt
/usr/share/licenses/apache-commons-codec/aspell-mail.txt
/usr/share/maven-metadata/apache-commons-codec.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/apache-commons-codec.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/commons-codec.pom
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apache-commons-codec on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.