How To Install yaml-cpp on CentOS 8

yaml-cpp is A YAML parser and emitter for C++

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaml-cpp on CentOS 8.

What is yaml-cpp

yaml-cpp is a YAML parser and emitter in C++ written around the YAML 1.2 spec.

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

Install yaml-cpp 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 yaml-cpp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install yaml-cpp

Install yaml-cpp 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 yaml-cpp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install yaml-cpp

How To Uninstall yaml-cpp on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the yaml-cpp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove yaml-cpp

yaml-cpp Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/fd9513b3bb721f77fcbce4e8098da13d14b7c7
/usr/lib64/libyaml-cpp.so.0.6
/usr/lib64/libyaml-cpp.so.0.6.2
/usr/share/doc/yaml-cpp
/usr/share/doc/yaml-cpp/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/yaml-cpp/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/yaml-cpp
/usr/share/licenses/yaml-cpp/LICENSE

References

Summary

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