How To Install glib-networking on CentOS 8

glib-networking is Networking support for GLib Networking support for GLib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glib-networking on CentOS 8.

What is `glib-networking`

This package contains modules that extend the networking support in GIO. In particular, it contains libproxy- and GSettings-based GProxyResolver implementations and a gnutls-based GTlsConnection implementation. glib-networking 2.56.1 1.1.el8 x86_64 155 k glib-networking-2.56.1-1.1.el8.src.rpm baseos Networking support for GLib http LGPLv2+ This package contains modules that extend the networking support in GIO. In particular, it contains libproxy- and GSettings-based GProxyResolver implementations and a gnutls-based GTlsConnection implementation.

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

Install glib-networking 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 glib-networking using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glib-networking

Install glib-networking 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 glib-networking using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glib-networking

How To Uninstall glib-networking on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the glib-networking package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glib-networking

glib-networking Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/879e8111d642f25a780df9204b95475fe14c6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/66ab6d1fe0b1180c61b751c4157b78c9f0a9f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/9a69e4c77c5be0e9e596154470c01616438176
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/b6701e017acd5be06358ecce6bc6f27e3c74e1
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiognomeproxy.so
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiognutls.so
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so
/usr/lib/systemd/user/glib-pacrunner.service
/usr/libexec/glib-pacrunner
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gtk.GLib.PACRunner.service
/usr/share/doc/glib-networking
/usr/share/doc/glib-networking/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/glib-networking/README
/usr/share/licenses/glib-networking
/usr/share/licenses/glib-networking/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/an/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/56ca3d48cf9ba3db2464974fb572a89b3e58a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/943b0abba1d3bf03f2d2a6b9fd2b09f15a571a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/d1bacaae59e1e390ffe69d1fd56ebcc84292da
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/263957a0e81c12c2cbdefd526aae081efe5ecc
/usr/lib/systemd/user/glib-pacrunner.service
/usr/lib64/gio/modules/libgiognomeproxy.so
/usr/lib64/gio/modules/libgiognutls.so
/usr/lib64/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so
/usr/libexec/glib-pacrunner
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gtk.GLib.PACRunner.service
/usr/share/doc/glib-networking
/usr/share/doc/glib-networking/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/glib-networking/README
/usr/share/licenses/glib-networking
/usr/share/licenses/glib-networking/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/an/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/glib-networking.mo

References

[glib-networking website](http://www.gnome.org http://www.gnome.org)

Summary

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