How To Install file-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `file-libs`

Libraries for applications using libmagic.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install file-libs

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

sudo yum -y install file-libs

How To Uninstall file-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove file-libs

file-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/eb9fd5cf910618c263ca47e47479ad2b9b7120
/usr/lib/libmagic.so.1
/usr/lib/libmagic.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/file-libs
/usr/share/doc/file-libs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/file-libs/README
/usr/share/file
/usr/share/file/magic
/usr/share/licenses/file-libs
/usr/share/licenses/file-libs/COPYING
/usr/share/magic
/usr/share/man/man5/magic.5.gz
/usr/share/misc/magic
/usr/share/misc/magic.mgc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/86952296fec33fe7b53a2316a5936db6760998
/usr/lib64/libmagic.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmagic.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/file-libs
/usr/share/doc/file-libs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/file-libs/README
/usr/share/file
/usr/share/file/magic
/usr/share/licenses/file-libs
/usr/share/licenses/file-libs/COPYING
/usr/share/magic
/usr/share/man/man5/magic.5.gz
/usr/share/misc/magic
/usr/share/misc/magic.mgc

References

file-libs website

Summary

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