How To Install ctpl-libs on CentOS 8

ctpl-libs is Template library written in C

Introduction

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

What is ctpl-libs

This package contains the CTPL library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ctpl-libs

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

sudo yum -y install ctpl-libs

How To Uninstall ctpl-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove ctpl-libs

ctpl-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/9ef57714178029c2112e3046dd62fbd4239508
/usr/lib64/libctpl.so.2
/usr/lib64/libctpl.so.2.2.2
/usr/share/doc/ctpl-0.3.4
/usr/share/doc/ctpl-0.3.4/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ctpl-0.3.4/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ctpl-0.3.4/NEWS
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ctpl.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ctpl.mo

References

Summary

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