How To Install npth on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install npth on CentOS 8.
What is npth
nPth is a non-preemptive threads implementation using an API very similar to the one known from GNU Pth. It has been designed as a replacement of GNU Pth for non-ancient operating systems. In contrast to GNU Pth is is based on the system’s standard threads implementation. Thus nPth allows the use of libraries which are not compatible to GNU Pth. npth 1.5 4.el8 i686 27 k npth-1.5-4.el8.src.rpm baseos The New GNU Portable Threads library http LGPLv2+ nPth is a non-preemptive threads implementation using an API very similar to the one known from GNU Pth. It has been designed as a replacement of GNU Pth for non-ancient operating systems. In contrast to GNU Pth is is based on the system’s standard threads implementation. Thus nPth allows the use of libraries which are not compatible to GNU Pth.
We can use yum or dnf to install npth on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install npth.
Install npth 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 npth using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install npth
Install npth 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 npth using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install npth
How To Uninstall npth on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the npth package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove npth
npth Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/1fdf4ad239c5c2439a39d7be3174f77858d4e7
/usr/lib64/libnpth.so.0
/usr/lib64/libnpth.so.0.1.1
/usr/share/licenses/npth
/usr/share/licenses/npth/COPYING.LIB
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/839a54d6e9e97dab60b1b1d8ff21d5271550a4
/usr/lib/libnpth.so.0
/usr/lib/libnpth.so.0.1.1
/usr/share/licenses/npth
/usr/share/licenses/npth/COPYING.LIB
References
- [npth website](http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=npth.git http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=npth.git)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install npth on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.