How To Install xapian-core-libs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-core-libs on CentOS 8.
What is xapian-core-libs
Xapian is an Open Source Probabilistic Information Retrieval framework. It offers a highly adaptable toolkit that allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to applications. This package provides the libraries for applications using Xapian functionality
We can use yum or dnf to install xapian-core-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xapian-core-libs.
Install xapian-core-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 xapian-core-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xapian-core-libs
Install xapian-core-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 xapian-core-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xapian-core-libs
How To Uninstall xapian-core-libs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xapian-core-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xapian-core-libs
xapian-core-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/123b8e5a45779e0180983c7a4d6db8fef25619
/usr/lib64/libxapian.so.30
/usr/lib64/libxapian.so.30.10.0
/usr/share/licenses/xapian-core-libs
/usr/share/licenses/xapian-core-libs/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-core-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.