How To Install glib2 on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glib2 on AlmaLinux 8.
What is glib2
GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis for projects such as GTK+ and GNOME. It provides data structure handling for C, portability wrappers, and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an event loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system.
We can use yum or dnf to install glib2 on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glib2.
Install glib2 on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install glib2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install glib2
Install glib2 on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install glib2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install glib2
How To Uninstall glib2 on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the glib2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove glib2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glib2 on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
