How To Install kmod-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmod-libs on Rocky Linux 8. kmod-libs is Libraries to handle kernel module loading and unloading

Introduction

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

What is `kmod-libs`

The kmod-libs package provides runtime libraries for any application that wishes to load or unload Linux kernel modules from the running system.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install kmod-libs

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

sudo yum -y install kmod-libs

How To Uninstall kmod-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kmod-libs

kmod-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/a48b5828a93876caf1c4fe33a5fc419436952c
/usr/lib/libkmod.so.2
/usr/lib/libkmod.so.2.3.3
/usr/share/licenses/kmod-libs
/usr/share/licenses/kmod-libs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/74802f4345c52192bcabdf63a07b057c88f080
/usr/lib64/libkmod.so.2
/usr/lib64/libkmod.so.2.3.3
/usr/share/licenses/kmod-libs
/usr/share/licenses/kmod-libs/COPYING

References

kmod-libs website

Summary

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