How To Install bzip2-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzip2-libs on Rocky Linux 8. bzip2-libs is Libraries for applications using bzip2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzip2-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `bzip2-libs`

Libraries for applications using the bzip2 compression format.

We can use yum or dnf to install bzip2-libs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bzip2-libs.

Install bzip2-libs 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 bzip2-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bzip2-libs

Install bzip2-libs 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 bzip2-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bzip2-libs

How To Uninstall bzip2-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the bzip2-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bzip2-libs

bzip2-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/fb7d5ac2bac9f091ab3f0616177c62e635da90
/usr/lib64/libbz2.so.1
/usr/lib64/libbz2.so.1.0.6
/usr/share/licenses/bzip2-libs
/usr/share/licenses/bzip2-libs/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/1ba50b55362717447d1f2b5e6b80a85b7494b3
/usr/lib/libbz2.so.1
/usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0.6
/usr/share/licenses/bzip2-libs
/usr/share/licenses/bzip2-libs/LICENSE

References

bzip2-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzip2-libs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.