How To Install dbus-libs on CentOS 8

dbus-libs is Libraries for accessing D-BUS Libraries for accessing D-BUS Libraries for accessing D-BUS

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

Summary

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