How To Install glibc-static on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-static on CentOS 7.
What is glibc-static
The glibc-static package contains the C library static libraries for -static linking. You don’t need these, unless you link statically, which is highly discouraged. The glibc-static package contains the C library static libraries for -static linking. You don’t need these, unless you link statically, which is highly discouraged.
We can use yum or dnf to install glibc-static on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glibc-static.
Install glibc-static on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install glibc-static using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install glibc-static
Install glibc-static on CentOS 7 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 glibc-static using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install glibc-static
How To Uninstall glibc-static on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the glibc-static package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove glibc-static
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-static on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
