How To Install avahi-glib on CentOS 8

avahi-glib is Glib libraries for avahi Glib libraries for avahi

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-glib on CentOS 8.

What is avahi-glib

Libraries for easy use of avahi from glib applications. avahi-glib 0.7 20.el8 x86_64 14 k avahi-0.7-20.el8.src.rpm baseos Glib libraries for avahi http LGPLv2+ Libraries for easy use of avahi from glib applications.

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

Install avahi-glib 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 avahi-glib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install avahi-glib

Install avahi-glib 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 avahi-glib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install avahi-glib

How To Uninstall avahi-glib on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the avahi-glib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove avahi-glib

avahi-glib Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/1e1b4f483867d53e453e4860d2b73a6d478259
/usr/lib/libavahi-glib.so.1
/usr/lib/libavahi-glib.so.1.0.2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/0c35519a93c7e874013431d5ac8392f3cc5799
/usr/lib64/libavahi-glib.so.1
/usr/lib64/libavahi-glib.so.1.0.2

References

Summary

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