How To Install afflib on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install afflib on Rocky Linux 8. afflib is Library to support the Advanced Forensic Format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install afflib on Rocky Linux 8.

What is afflib

AFF® is an open and extensible file format designed to store disk images and associated metadata. afflib is library for support of the Advanced Forensic Format (AFF).

We can use yum or dnf to install afflib on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install afflib.

Install afflib on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install afflib

Install afflib on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install afflib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install afflib

How To Uninstall afflib on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the afflib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove afflib

afflib Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/0c2aa15e9220d036689d4e7431483e100d3ebd
/usr/lib64/libafflib.so.0
/usr/lib64/libafflib.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/afflib
/usr/share/doc/afflib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/afflib/BUGLIST.txt
/usr/share/doc/afflib/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/afflib/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/afflib/README
/usr/share/doc/afflib/announce_2.2.txt
/usr/share/licenses/afflib
/usr/share/licenses/afflib/COPYING

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install afflib on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.