How To Install zlib on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zlib on CentOS 8.
What is zlib
Zlib is a general-purpose, patent-free, lossless data compression library which is used by many different programs. zlib 1.2.11 17.el8 i686 105 k zlib-1.2.11-17.el8.src.rpm baseos The compression and decompression library http zlib and Boost Zlib is a general-purpose, patent-free, lossless data compression library which is used by many different programs. zlib 1.2.11 17.el8 x86_64 102 k zlib-1.2.11-17.el8.src.rpm baseos The compression and decompression library http zlib and Boost Zlib is a general-purpose, patent-free, lossless data compression library which is used by many different programs.
We can use yum or dnf to install zlib on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zlib.
Install zlib 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 zlib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install zlib
Install zlib 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 zlib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install zlib
How To Uninstall zlib on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the zlib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove zlib
zlib Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/83f95c4ebd4d9f9c6e87bab3411e4db2c74920
/usr/lib64/libz.so.1
/usr/lib64/libz.so.1.2.11
/usr/share/doc/zlib
/usr/share/doc/zlib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/zlib/FAQ
/usr/share/licenses/zlib
/usr/share/licenses/zlib/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/cb9208d30b855f5d0f283d678d9b784a26068d
/usr/lib/libz.so.1
/usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.11
/usr/share/doc/zlib
/usr/share/doc/zlib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/zlib/FAQ
/usr/share/licenses/zlib
/usr/share/licenses/zlib/README
References
- [zlib website](http://www.zlib.net/ http://www.zlib.net/ http://www.zlib.net/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zlib on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.