How To Install file-libs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install file-libs on CentOS 8.
What is file-libs
Libraries for applications using libmagic. file-libs 5.33 16.el8_3.1 i686 550 k file-5.33-16.el8_3.1.src.rpm baseos Libraries for applications using libmagic http BSD Libraries for applications using libmagic. file-libs 5.33 16.el8_3.1 x86_64 543 k file-5.33-16.el8_3.1.src.rpm baseos Libraries for applications using libmagic http BSD Libraries for applications using libmagic.
We can use yum or dnf to install file-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install file-libs.
Install file-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 file-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install file-libs
Install file-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 file-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install file-libs
How To Uninstall file-libs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the file-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove file-libs
file-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/3609ff8355409628c991706e9d727c12cc0765
/usr/lib/libmagic.so.1
/usr/lib/libmagic.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/file-libs
/usr/share/doc/file-libs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/file-libs/README
/usr/share/file
/usr/share/file/magic
/usr/share/licenses/file-libs
/usr/share/licenses/file-libs/COPYING
/usr/share/magic
/usr/share/man/man5/magic.5.gz
/usr/share/misc/magic
/usr/share/misc/magic.mgc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/86952296fec33fe7b53a2316a5936db6760998
/usr/lib64/libmagic.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmagic.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/file-libs
/usr/share/doc/file-libs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/file-libs/README
/usr/share/file
/usr/share/file/magic
/usr/share/licenses/file-libs
/usr/share/licenses/file-libs/COPYING
/usr/share/magic
/usr/share/man/man5/magic.5.gz
/usr/share/misc/magic
/usr/share/misc/magic.mgc
References
- [file-libs website](http://www.darwinsys.com/file/ http://www.darwinsys.com/file/ http://www.darwinsys.com/file/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install file-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
