How To Install cjson on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cjson on CentOS 8. cjson is Ultralightweight JSON parser in ANSI C

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cjson on CentOS 8.

What is cjson

cJSON aims to be the dumbest possible parser that you can get your job done with. It’s a single file of C, and a single header file.

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

Install cjson on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cjson

Install cjson on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install cjson

How To Uninstall cjson on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove cjson

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cjson on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.