How To Install geoclue2-libs on CentOS 8

geoclue2-libs is Geoclue client library Geoclue client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue2-libs on CentOS 8.

What is geoclue2-libs

The geoclue2-libs package contains a convenience library to interact with Geoclue service. geoclue2-libs 2.5.5 2.el8 x86_64 52 k geoclue2-2.5.5-2.el8.src.rpm appstream Geoclue client library http LGPLv2+ The geoclue2-libs package contains a convenience library to interact with Geoclue service.

We can use yum or dnf to install geoclue2-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geoclue2-libs.

Install geoclue2-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 geoclue2-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install geoclue2-libs

Install geoclue2-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 geoclue2-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install geoclue2-libs

How To Uninstall geoclue2-libs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the geoclue2-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove geoclue2-libs

geoclue2-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/91b01ed35d80001a3b5a17fde1aab97593d956
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Geoclue-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libgeoclue-2.so.0
/usr/lib/libgeoclue-2.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/geoclue2-libs
/usr/share/licenses/geoclue2-libs/COPYING.LIB
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/e3b88b630e35c131d7f4ae224707cf34b0e8f9
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Geoclue-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgeoclue-2.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgeoclue-2.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/geoclue2-libs
/usr/share/licenses/geoclue2-libs/COPYING.LIB

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geoclue2-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.