How To Install rpm-build-libs on CentOS 8

rpm-build-libs is Libraries for building and signing RPM packages Libraries for building and signing RPM packages Libraries for building and signing RPM packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-build-libs on CentOS 8.

What is rpm-build-libs

This package contains the RPM shared libraries for building and signing packages. rpm-build-libs 4.14.3 14.el8_4 i686 165 k rpm-4.14.3-14.el8_4.src.rpm baseos Libraries for building and signing RPM packages http GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions This package contains the RPM shared libraries for building and signing packages. rpm-build-libs 4.14.3 14.el8_4 x86_64 155 k rpm-4.14.3-14.el8_4.src.rpm baseos Libraries for building and signing RPM packages http GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions This package contains the RPM shared libraries for building and signing packages.

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

Install rpm-build-libs 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 rpm-build-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpm-build-libs

Install rpm-build-libs 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 rpm-build-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpm-build-libs

How To Uninstall rpm-build-libs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the rpm-build-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rpm-build-libs

rpm-build-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/0432ad1490bac678b2ff24c920009e5aff0cf3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/e494f62437d60370df61005ea73ad5143a1fee
/usr/lib/librpmbuild.so.8
/usr/lib/librpmbuild.so.8.2.0
/usr/lib/librpmsign.so.8
/usr/lib/librpmsign.so.8.2.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/46c6a194c1b7acddaf608c46ddf8045100f6a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/1a3a8a4203390925bc4404468fc77352491d64
/usr/lib64/librpmbuild.so.8
/usr/lib64/librpmbuild.so.8.2.0
/usr/lib64/librpmsign.so.8
/usr/lib64/librpmsign.so.8.2.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/de3fd0a41bb806efa1d3d39b7e8060e886912b
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/69d4d53d9feb00c97fb6307856330bf9325dcd
/usr/lib64/librpmbuild.so.8
/usr/lib64/librpmbuild.so.8.2.0
/usr/lib64/librpmsign.so.8
/usr/lib64/librpmsign.so.8.2.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/ed7c091fe230a7d00e71c131f2679f53002165
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/468b6fe97a71e9f5e684e4324346c7b4b55be2
/usr/lib/librpmbuild.so.8
/usr/lib/librpmbuild.so.8.2.0
/usr/lib/librpmsign.so.8
/usr/lib/librpmsign.so.8.2.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-build-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.