How To Install fmt on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fmt on CentOS 8.
What is fmt
C++ Format is an open-source formatting library for C++. It can be used as a safe alternative to printf or as a fast alternative to IOStreams.
We can use yum or dnf to install fmt on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fmt.
Install fmt 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 fmt using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fmt
Install fmt 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 fmt using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fmt
How To Uninstall fmt on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the fmt package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fmt
fmt Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/015ff19f3bbbdc11f1018e25bbe4a5fd6c0efe
/usr/lib64/libfmt.so.6
/usr/lib64/libfmt.so.6.2.1
/usr/share/doc/fmt
/usr/share/doc/fmt/ChangeLog.rst
/usr/share/doc/fmt/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/fmt
/usr/share/licenses/fmt/LICENSE.rst
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fmt on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.