How To Install dotconf on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dotconf on Rocky Linux 8. dotconf is Libraries to parse configuration files

Introduction

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

What is `dotconf`

Dotconf is a library used to handle configuration files.

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

Install dotconf 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 dotconf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dotconf

Install dotconf 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 dotconf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dotconf

How To Uninstall dotconf on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove dotconf

dotconf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/e69d6e1d91083c5034869cd5f7cba15489a200
/usr/lib64/libdotconf.so.0
/usr/lib64/libdotconf.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/dotconf
/usr/share/doc/dotconf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/dotconf/README
/usr/share/licenses/dotconf
/usr/share/licenses/dotconf/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/ebe644d97c8cfd3fcf84fa83e990d9cfaa93c3
/usr/lib/libdotconf.so.0
/usr/lib/libdotconf.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/dotconf
/usr/share/doc/dotconf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/dotconf/README
/usr/share/licenses/dotconf
/usr/share/licenses/dotconf/COPYING

References

dotconf website

Summary

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