How To Install libuv on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuv on CentOS 8.
What is libuv
libuv is a new platform layer for Node. Its purpose is to abstract IOCP on Windows and libev on Unix systems. We intend to eventually contain all platform differences in this library. libuv 1 1.40.0 1.el8 x86_64 155 k libuv-1.40.0-1.el8.src.rpm appstream Platform layer for node.js http MIT and BSD and ISC libuv is a new platform layer for Node. Its purpose is to abstract IOCP on Windows and libev on Unix systems. We intend to eventually contain all platform differences in this library.
We can use yum or dnf to install libuv on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libuv.
Install libuv 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 libuv using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libuv
Install libuv 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 libuv using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libuv
How To Uninstall libuv on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libuv package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libuv
libuv Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/21a3b9a9b57f3851f0742380ae32994bc99b8c
/usr/lib64/libuv.so.1
/usr/lib64/libuv.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libuv/libuv.abignore
/usr/share/doc/libuv
/usr/share/doc/libuv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libuv/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libuv/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libuv/MAINTAINERS.md
/usr/share/doc/libuv/README.md
/usr/share/doc/libuv/SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS.md
/usr/share/licenses/libuv
/usr/share/licenses/libuv/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/96be61751495e734c8c9e684080a73e60e62cf
/usr/lib/libuv.so.1
/usr/lib/libuv.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libuv/libuv.abignore
/usr/share/doc/libuv
/usr/share/doc/libuv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libuv/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libuv/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libuv/MAINTAINERS.md
/usr/share/doc/libuv/README.md
/usr/share/doc/libuv/SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS.md
/usr/share/licenses/libuv
/usr/share/licenses/libuv/LICENSE
References
- [libuv website](http://libuv.org/ http://libuv.org/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuv on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.