How To Install libzstd on CentOS 8

libzstd is Zstd shared library Zstd shared library

Introduction

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

What is libzstd

Zstandard compression shared library. libzstd 1.4.4 1.el8 i686 270 k zstd-1.4.4-1.el8.src.rpm baseos Zstd shared library https BSD and GPLv2 Zstandard compression shared library.

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

Install libzstd 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 libzstd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libzstd

Install libzstd 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 libzstd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libzstd

How To Uninstall libzstd on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libzstd

libzstd Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/9b5584bab5c793f89fc0f0f627e790c063e364
/usr/lib/libzstd.so.1
/usr/lib/libzstd.so.1.4.4
/usr/share/licenses/libzstd
/usr/share/licenses/libzstd/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libzstd/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/cb787a51c046cefb6d6c745834bff93ba6c359
/usr/lib64/libzstd.so.1
/usr/lib64/libzstd.so.1.4.4
/usr/share/licenses/libzstd
/usr/share/licenses/libzstd/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libzstd/LICENSE

References

Summary

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