How To Install libusbx on CentOS 8

libusbx is Library for accessing USB devices Library for accessing USB devices

Introduction

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

What is libusbx

This package provides a way for applications to access USB devices. Libusbx is a fork of the original libusb, which is a fully API and ABI compatible drop in for the libusb-1.0.9 release. The libusbx fork was started by most of the libusb-1.0 developers, after the original libusb project did not produce a new release for over 18 months. Note that this library is not compatible with the original libusb-0.1 series, if you need libusb-0.1 compatibility install the libusb package. libusbx 1.0.23 4.el8 i686 78 k libusbx-1.0.23-4.el8.src.rpm baseos Library for accessing USB devices http LGPLv2+ This package provides a way for applications to access USB devices. Libusbx is a fork of the original libusb, which is a fully API and ABI compatible drop in for the libusb-1.0.9 release. The libusbx fork was started by most of the libusb-1.0 developers, after the original libusb project did not produce a new release for over 18 months. Note that this library is not compatible with the original libusb-0.1 series, if you need libusb-0.1 compatibility install the libusb package.

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

Install libusbx 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 libusbx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libusbx

Install libusbx 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 libusbx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libusbx

How To Uninstall libusbx on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libusbx

libusbx Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/0553f05ffd11286cc5f3309964aea17a7eb4c8
/usr/lib/libusb-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libusb-1.0.so.0.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libusbx
/usr/share/doc/libusbx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libusbx/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libusbx/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libusbx
/usr/share/licenses/libusbx/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/34d4362ab18eaa09913782a34f9e85f60c7f03
/usr/lib64/libusb-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libusb-1.0.so.0.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libusbx
/usr/share/doc/libusbx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libusbx/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libusbx/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libusbx
/usr/share/licenses/libusbx/COPYING

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Summary

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