How To Install json-c on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install json-c on CentOS 8.
What is json-c
JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects. It aims to conform to RFC 7159. json-c 0.13.1 0.4.el8 i686 42 k json-c-0.13.1-0.4.el8.src.rpm baseos JSON implementation in C https MIT JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects. It aims to conform to RFC 7159. json-c 0.13.1 0.4.el8 x86_64 40 k json-c-0.13.1-0.4.el8.src.rpm baseos JSON implementation in C https MIT JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects. It aims to conform to RFC 7159.
We can use yum or dnf to install json-c on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install json-c.
Install json-c 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 json-c using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install json-c
Install json-c 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 json-c using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install json-c
How To Uninstall json-c on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the json-c package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove json-c
json-c Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/18ad30752ce14834faeba146b94367763b1f20
/usr/lib/libjson-c.so.4
/usr/lib/libjson-c.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/json-c
/usr/share/licenses/json-c/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/json-c/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/b6cd76145626a6fbecbf9a1498322580b964d3
/usr/lib64/libjson-c.so.4
/usr/lib64/libjson-c.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/json-c
/usr/share/licenses/json-c/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/json-c/COPYING
References
- [json-c website](https://github.com/json-c/json-c https://github.com/json-c/json-c https://github.com/json-c/json-c)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install json-c on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.