How To Install rlog on CentOS 8

rlog is Runtime Logging for C++

Introduction

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

What is rlog

RLog provides a flexible message logging facility for C++ programs and libraries. It is meant to be fast enough to leave in production code.

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

Install rlog 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 rlog using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rlog

Install rlog 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 rlog using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rlog

How To Uninstall rlog on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove rlog

rlog Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/eb251afb7c47aa6efc83d8481560006afaefc9
/usr/lib64/librlog.so.5
/usr/lib64/librlog.so.5.0.0
/usr/share/doc/rlog
/usr/share/doc/rlog/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/rlog/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/rlog/README

References

Summary

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