How To Install libHX on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libHX on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libHX
libHX is a C library (with some C++ bindings available) that provides data structures and functions commonly needed, such as maps, deques, linked lists, string formatting and autoresizing, option and config file parsing, type checking casts and more. libHX aids in quickly writing up C and C++ data processing programs, by consolidating tasks that often happen to be open-coded, such as (simple) config file reading, option parsing, directory traversal, and others, into a library. The focus is on reducing the amount of time (and secondarily, the amount of code) a developer has to spend for otherwise implementing such.
We can use yum or dnf to install libHX on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libHX.
Install libHX 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 libHX using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libHX
Install libHX 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 libHX using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libHX
How To Uninstall libHX on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libHX package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libHX
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libHX on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.