How To Install iniparser on CentOS 8

iniparser is C library for parsing “INI-style” files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iniparser on CentOS 8.

What is iniparser

iniParser is an ANSI C library to parse “INI-style” files, often used to hold application configuration information.

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

Install iniparser 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 iniparser using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install iniparser

Install iniparser 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 iniparser using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iniparser

How To Uninstall iniparser on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the iniparser package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove iniparser

iniparser Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/e476e80564dba93c167295c4dbe8cfa62e4e1b
/usr/lib64/libiniparser.so.1
/usr/share/doc/iniparser
/usr/share/doc/iniparser/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/iniparser/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/iniparser/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/iniparser
/usr/share/licenses/iniparser/LICENSE

References

Summary

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