How To Install dbus-libs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus-libs on CentOS 8.
What is dbus-libs
This package contains lowlevel libraries for accessing D-BUS. dbus-libs 1 1.12.8 12.el8_4.2 i686 198 k dbus-1.12.8-12.el8_4.2.src.rpm baseos Libraries for accessing D-BUS http (GPLv2+ or AFL) and GPLv2+ This package contains lowlevel libraries for accessing D-BUS. dbus-libs 1 1.12.8 12.el8_4.2 x86_64 184 k dbus-1.12.8-12.el8_4.2.src.rpm baseos Libraries for accessing D-BUS http (GPLv2+ or AFL) and GPLv2+ This package contains lowlevel libraries for accessing D-BUS.
We can use yum or dnf to install dbus-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dbus-libs.
Install dbus-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 dbus-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dbus-libs
Install dbus-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 dbus-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dbus-libs
How To Uninstall dbus-libs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dbus-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dbus-libs
dbus-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/2225094e1960c82c10411e1253b2728e95aef4
/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3
/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3.19.7
/usr/share/licenses/dbus-libs
/usr/share/licenses/dbus-libs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/11503abb09708dd1447a8e20288f3f78d8cb76
/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3
/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3.19.7
/usr/share/licenses/dbus-libs
/usr/share/licenses/dbus-libs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/2fdda518303bca46fad195ca550b6d70dd5735
/usr/lib64/libdbus-1.so.3
/usr/lib64/libdbus-1.so.3.19.7
/usr/share/licenses/dbus-libs
/usr/share/licenses/dbus-libs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/216597d4d00b23bd2c86653b669b87c827599c
/usr/lib64/libdbus-1.so.3
/usr/lib64/libdbus-1.so.3.19.7
/usr/share/licenses/dbus-libs
/usr/share/licenses/dbus-libs/COPYING
References
- [dbus-libs website](http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus/ http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus/ http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.