How To Install libvarlink on CentOS 8

libvarlink is Varlink C Library Varlink C Library

Introduction

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

What is `libvarlink`

Varlink C Library libvarlink 18 3.el8 x86_64 44 k libvarlink-18-3.el8.src.rpm baseos Varlink C Library https ASL 2.0 Varlink C Library

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

Install libvarlink 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 libvarlink using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvarlink

Install libvarlink 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 libvarlink using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvarlink

How To Uninstall libvarlink on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libvarlink

libvarlink Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/4ed9a1e8eb11704833c6f3104675f21806d3f9
/usr/lib64/libvarlink.so.0
/usr/share/licenses/libvarlink
/usr/share/licenses/libvarlink/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/fc8a2ccd873e25cc4b2aafb8cfbace4cee11e5
/usr/lib/libvarlink.so.0
/usr/share/licenses/libvarlink
/usr/share/licenses/libvarlink/LICENSE

References

[libvarlink website](https://github.com/varlink/libvarlink https://github.com/varlink/libvarlink)

Summary

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