How To Install libyaml on CentOS 8

libyaml is YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C

Introduction

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

What is libyaml

YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability and interaction with scripting languages. LibYAML is a YAML parser and emitter written in C. libyaml 0.1.7 5.el8 i686 64 k libyaml-0.1.7-5.el8.src.rpm baseos YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C http MIT YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability and interaction with scripting languages. LibYAML is a YAML parser and emitter written in C.

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

Install libyaml 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 libyaml using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libyaml

Install libyaml 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 libyaml using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libyaml

How To Uninstall libyaml on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libyaml

libyaml Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/086a9628216954b47992cf8a0141847303ce29
/usr/lib64/libyaml-0.so.2
/usr/lib64/libyaml-0.so.2.0.5
/usr/share/doc/libyaml
/usr/share/doc/libyaml/README
/usr/share/licenses/libyaml
/usr/share/licenses/libyaml/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/4c9dcc4ba634eed8f4ca2274ff044948714ca7
/usr/lib/libyaml-0.so.2
/usr/lib/libyaml-0.so.2.0.5
/usr/share/doc/libyaml
/usr/share/doc/libyaml/README
/usr/share/licenses/libyaml
/usr/share/licenses/libyaml/LICENSE

References

Summary

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