How To Install tcp_wrappers-libs on CentOS 8

tcp_wrappers-libs is Libraries for tcp_wrappers

Introduction

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

What is tcp_wrappers-libs

tcp_wrappers-libs contains the libraries of the tcp_wrappers package.

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

Install tcp_wrappers-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 tcp_wrappers-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tcp_wrappers-libs

Install tcp_wrappers-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 tcp_wrappers-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tcp_wrappers-libs

How To Uninstall tcp_wrappers-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove tcp_wrappers-libs

tcp_wrappers-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/089128497b6734091e8d894510d4cc0eaa47e4
/usr/lib64/libwrap.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwrap.so.0.7.6
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-libs
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-libs/BLURB
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-libs/Banners.Makefile
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-libs/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-libs/README
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-libs/README.IRIX
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-libs/README.NIS
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-libs/README.ipv6
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers-libs/README.ipv6.2
/usr/share/licenses/tcp_wrappers-libs
/usr/share/licenses/tcp_wrappers-libs/DISCLAIMER
/usr/share/man/man5/hosts.allow.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hosts.deny.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hosts_access.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hosts_options.5.gz

References

Summary

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