How To Install xz-libs on CentOS 8

xz-libs is Libraries for decoding LZMA compression Libraries for decoding LZMA compression

Introduction

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

What is xz-libs

Libraries for decoding files compressed with LZMA or XZ utils. xz-libs 5.2.4 3.el8 i686 102 k xz-5.2.4-3.el8.src.rpm baseos Libraries for decoding LZMA compression http Public Domain Libraries for decoding files compressed with LZMA or XZ utils.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install xz-libs

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

sudo yum -y install xz-libs

How To Uninstall xz-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove xz-libs

xz-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/9ca720dd420f278183935c63e76f079b4e8295
/usr/lib64/liblzma.so.5
/usr/lib64/liblzma.so.5.2.4
/usr/share/doc/xz/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/dd9b71d9b9f525a960277426ed3f57525ed30a
/usr/lib/liblzma.so.5
/usr/lib/liblzma.so.5.2.4
/usr/share/doc/xz/COPYING

References

Summary

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