How To Install libvarlink-util on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvarlink-util on CentOS 8.
What is libvarlink-util
The libvarlink-util package contains varlink command line tools.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvarlink-util on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvarlink-util.
Install libvarlink-util 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-util using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvarlink-util
Install libvarlink-util 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-util using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvarlink-util
How To Uninstall libvarlink-util on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libvarlink-util package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvarlink-util
libvarlink-util Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/varlink
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/e7bd014bc9a4da57e70508eb85c704b169973f
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/varlink
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after/ftdetect
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after/ftdetect/varlink.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after/ftplugin
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after/ftplugin/varlink.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after/syntax
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after/syntax/varlink.vim
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvarlink-util on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.