How To Install bzip2-libs on CentOS 8

bzip2-libs is Libraries for applications using bzip2 Libraries for applications using bzip2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzip2-libs on CentOS 8.

What is `bzip2-libs`

Libraries for applications using the bzip2 compression format. bzip2-libs 1.0.6 26.el8 i686 49 k bzip2-1.0.6-26.el8.src.rpm baseos Libraries for applications using bzip2 http BSD Libraries for applications using the bzip2 compression format.

We can use yum or dnf to install bzip2-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bzip2-libs.

Install bzip2-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 bzip2-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bzip2-libs

Install bzip2-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 bzip2-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bzip2-libs

How To Uninstall bzip2-libs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the bzip2-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bzip2-libs

bzip2-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/a4e7bc5de12f4b08532d85c1315e0edf10afec
/usr/lib64/libbz2.so.1
/usr/lib64/libbz2.so.1.0.6
/usr/share/licenses/bzip2-libs
/usr/share/licenses/bzip2-libs/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/0571c61b881a1188186234f01a8d14fb0ef09d
/usr/lib/libbz2.so.1
/usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0.6
/usr/share/licenses/bzip2-libs
/usr/share/licenses/bzip2-libs/LICENSE

References

[bzip2-libs website](http://www.bzip.org/ http://www.bzip.org/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzip2-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.