How To Install bluez-libs on CentOS 8

bluez-libs is Libraries for use in Bluetooth applications Libraries for use in Bluetooth applications

Introduction

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

What is bluez-libs

Libraries for use in Bluetooth applications. bluez-libs 5.52 4.el8 x86_64 92 k bluez-5.52-4.el8.src.rpm baseos Libraries for use in Bluetooth applications http GPLv2+ Libraries for use in Bluetooth applications.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install bluez-libs

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

sudo yum -y install bluez-libs

How To Uninstall bluez-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove bluez-libs

bluez-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/f5c9013384e5b347a16c2598c0619cbcf54182
/usr/lib/libbluetooth.so.3
/usr/lib/libbluetooth.so.3.19.0
/usr/share/licenses/bluez-libs
/usr/share/licenses/bluez-libs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/06963faecfab14021045fff3b44bd11c5180f6
/usr/lib64/libbluetooth.so.3
/usr/lib64/libbluetooth.so.3.19.0
/usr/share/licenses/bluez-libs
/usr/share/licenses/bluez-libs/COPYING

References

Summary

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