How To Install glibc-static on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-static on Rocky Linux 8.
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.
We can use yum or dnf to install glibc-static on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glibc-static.
Install glibc-static 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 glibc-static using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install glibc-static
Install glibc-static 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 glibc-static using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install glibc-static
How To Uninstall glibc-static on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the glibc-static package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove glibc-static
glibc-static Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/libBrokenLocale.a
/usr/lib/libanl.a
/usr/lib/libc.a
/usr/lib/libdl.a
/usr/lib/libm.a
/usr/lib/libpthread.a
/usr/lib/libresolv.a
/usr/lib/librt.a
/usr/lib/libutil.a
/usr/lib64/libBrokenLocale.a
/usr/lib64/libanl.a
/usr/lib64/libc.a
/usr/lib64/libdl.a
/usr/lib64/libm-2.28.a
/usr/lib64/libm.a
/usr/lib64/libmvec.a
/usr/lib64/libpthread.a
/usr/lib64/libresolv.a
/usr/lib64/librt.a
/usr/lib64/libutil.a
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-static on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.