How To Install redhat-lsb on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install redhat-lsb on CentOS 8.
What is redhat-lsb
The Linux Standard Base (LSB) is an attempt to develop a set of standards that will increase compatibility among Linux distributions. It is designed to be binary-compatible and produce a stable application binary interface (ABI) for independent software vendors. The lsb package provides utilities, libraries etc. needed for LSB Compliant Applications. It also contains requirements that will ensure that all components required by the LSB are installed on the system.
We can use yum or dnf to install redhat-lsb on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install redhat-lsb.
Install redhat-lsb 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 redhat-lsb using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install redhat-lsb
Install redhat-lsb 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 redhat-lsb using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install redhat-lsb
How To Uninstall redhat-lsb on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the redhat-lsb package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove redhat-lsb
redhat-lsb Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/lsb
/usr/share/lsb/4.1
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/core
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/core/core-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/core/core-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/core/security-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/core/security-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/cxx
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/cxx/cpp-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/cxx/cpp-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/desktop-misc-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/desktop-misc-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/graphics-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/graphics-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/graphics-ext-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/graphics-ext-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/multimedia-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/multimedia-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/toolkit-gtk-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/toolkit-gtk-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/xml-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/xml-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/languages
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/languages/perl-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/languages/perl-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/languages/python-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/languages/python-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/printing
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/printing/printing-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/printing/printing-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/trialuse
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/trialuse/multimedia-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/trialuse/multimedia-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/trialuse/security-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/trialuse/security-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/core-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/core-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/cpp-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/cpp-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/desktop-misc-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/desktop-misc-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/graphics-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/graphics-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/graphics-ext-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/graphics-ext-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/multimedia-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/multimedia-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/perl-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/perl-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/printing-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/printing-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/python-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/python-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/security-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/security-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/toolkit-gtk-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/toolkit-gtk-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/xml-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/xml-4.1-noarch
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install redhat-lsb on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.