How To Install guava20 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install guava20 on Rocky Linux 8. guava20 is Google Core Libraries for Java

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install guava20 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `guava20`

Guava is a suite of core and expanded libraries that include utility classes, Google’s collections, io classes, and much much more. This project is a complete packaging of all the Guava libraries into a single jar. Individual portions of Guava can be used by downloading the appropriate module and its dependencies.

We can use yum or dnf to install guava20 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install guava20.

Install guava20 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 guava20 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install guava20

Install guava20 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 guava20 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install guava20

How To Uninstall guava20 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the guava20 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove guava20

guava20 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/guava20
/usr/share/doc/guava20/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/guava20/README.md
/usr/share/java/guava20
/usr/share/java/guava20/guava-20.0.jar
/usr/share/licenses/guava20
/usr/share/licenses/guava20/COPYING
/usr/share/maven-metadata/guava20-guava.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/guava20
/usr/share/maven-poms/guava20/guava-20.0.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/guava20/guava-parent-20.0.pom

References

guava20 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install guava20 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.