How To Install libuv on CentOS 8

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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

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Summary

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