How To Install chrpath on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install chrpath on Rocky Linux 8. chrpath is Modify rpath of compiled programs

Introduction

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

What is chrpath

chrpath allows you to modify the dynamic library load path (rpath) of compiled programs. Currently, only removing and modifying the rpath is supported.

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

Install chrpath 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 chrpath using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install chrpath

Install chrpath 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 chrpath using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install chrpath

How To Uninstall chrpath on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove chrpath

chrpath Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/chrpath
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/4bdb9b00c7e703d0618b9d630b95c2462bd442
/usr/share/doc/chrpath
/usr/share/doc/chrpath/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/chrpath/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/chrpath/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/chrpath/README
/usr/share/licenses/chrpath
/usr/share/licenses/chrpath/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/chrpath.1.gz

References

Summary

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