How To Install accountsservice-libs on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install accountsservice-libs in AlmaLinux 8. accountsservice-libs is Client-side library to talk to accountsservice

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install accountsservice-libs on AlmaLinux 8.

What is accountsservice-libs

The accountsservice-libs package contains a library that can be used by applications that want to interact with the accountsservice daemon.

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

Install accountsservice-libs on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install accountsservice-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install accountsservice-libs

Install accountsservice-libs on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install accountsservice-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install accountsservice-libs

How To Uninstall accountsservice-libs on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove accountsservice-libs

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Summary

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