How To Install libusb on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libusb on CentOS 8.
What is libusb
This package provides a way for applications to access USB devices. Legacy libusb-0.1 is no longer supported by upstream, therefore content of this package was replaced by libusb-compat. It provides compatibility layer allowing applications written for libusb-0.1 to work with libusb-1.0. libusb 1 0.1.5 12.el8 x86_64 42 k libusb-0.1.5-12.el8.src.rpm baseos A library which allows userspace access to USB devices http LGPLv2+ This package provides a way for applications to access USB devices. Legacy libusb-0.1 is no longer supported by upstream, therefore content of this package was replaced by libusb-compat. It provides compatibility layer allowing applications written for libusb-0.1 to work with libusb-1.0.
We can use yum or dnf to install libusb on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libusb.
Install libusb 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 libusb using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libusb
Install libusb 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 libusb using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libusb
How To Uninstall libusb on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libusb package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libusb
libusb Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/2f14a0233f941a966ece8f8f7fb8ae42dbd187
/usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4
/usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4.4.4
/usr/share/doc/libusb
/usr/share/doc/libusb/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libusb/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libusb/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libusb/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libusb/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/f3699d253029a737ed2074f42dabb5fbc15c9b
/usr/lib64/libusb-0.1.so.4
/usr/lib64/libusb-0.1.so.4.4.4
/usr/share/doc/libusb
/usr/share/doc/libusb/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libusb/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libusb/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libusb/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libusb/README
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libusb on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.