How To Install uuid on CentOS 8

uuid is Universally Unique Identifier library Universally Unique Identifier library

Introduction

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

What is uuid

OSSP uuid is a ISO-C and corresponding command line interface (CLI) for the generation of DCE 1.1, ISO/IEC 11578 Unique Identifier (UUID). It supports DCE 1.1 variant UUIDs of version 1 (time and node based), version 3 (name based, MD5), version 4 (random number based) and version 5 (name based, SHA-1). Additional API bindings are provided for the languages ISO-C++ Optional backward compatibility exists for the ISO-C DCE-1.1 and Perl Data uuid 1.6.2 43.el8 x86_64 64 k uuid-1.6.2-43.el8.src.rpm appstream Universally Unique Identifier library http MIT OSSP uuid is a ISO-C and corresponding command line interface (CLI) for the generation of DCE 1.1, ISO/IEC 11578 Unique Identifier (UUID). It supports DCE 1.1 variant UUIDs of version 1 (time and node based), version 3 (name based, MD5), version 4 (random number based) and version 5 (name based, SHA-1). Additional API bindings are provided for the languages ISO-C++ Optional backward compatibility exists for the ISO-C DCE-1.1 and Perl Data

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

Install uuid 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 uuid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install uuid

Install uuid 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 uuid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install uuid

How To Uninstall uuid on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove uuid

uuid Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/uuid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/509f18d3584d5d74d1e7e86991338d19ad88e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/83af464ee5f91058fa58b778d92aba10e26112
/usr/lib/libossp-uuid.so.16
/usr/lib/libossp-uuid.so.16.0.22
/usr/share/doc/uuid
/usr/share/doc/uuid/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/uuid/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/uuid/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/uuid/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/uuid/PORTING
/usr/share/doc/uuid/README
/usr/share/doc/uuid/SEEALSO
/usr/share/doc/uuid/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/uuid/TODO
/usr/share/doc/uuid/USERS
/usr/share/man/man1/uuid.1.gz
/usr/bin/uuid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/cbcbe9a4be93fa383849414c7d5a6fee413af4
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/d5c6a29f9d55892beeef6399be45e90f486855
/usr/lib64/libossp-uuid.so.16
/usr/lib64/libossp-uuid.so.16.0.22
/usr/share/doc/uuid
/usr/share/doc/uuid/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/uuid/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/uuid/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/uuid/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/uuid/PORTING
/usr/share/doc/uuid/README
/usr/share/doc/uuid/SEEALSO
/usr/share/doc/uuid/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/uuid/TODO
/usr/share/doc/uuid/USERS
/usr/share/man/man1/uuid.1.gz

References

Summary

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