How To Install dhcp-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-libs on Rocky Linux 8. dhcp-libs is Shared libraries used by ISC dhcp client and server

Introduction

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

What is `dhcp-libs`

This package contains shared libraries used by ISC dhcp client and server

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

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

sudo dnf -y install dhcp-libs

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

sudo yum -y install dhcp-libs

How To Uninstall dhcp-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove dhcp-libs

dhcp-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/5b973eb4dd63833afe6170cb24440c82f89b57
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/bcd3009ed901f12169317f49dcdd6f37d86b88
/usr/lib64/libdhcpctl.so.0
/usr/lib64/libdhcpctl.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libomapi.so.0
/usr/lib64/libomapi.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/12b6d6bde248387872f031e844e646fe8f0d56
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/917151f6f9e9ceacfcf67a7d32b86684b0a4ed
/usr/lib/libdhcpctl.so.0
/usr/lib/libdhcpctl.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libomapi.so.0
/usr/lib/libomapi.so.0.0.0

References

dhcp-libs website

Summary

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