How To Install libattr on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libattr on Rocky Linux 8. libattr is Dynamic library for extended attribute support

Introduction

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

What is libattr

This package contains the libattr.so dynamic library which contains the extended attribute system calls and library functions.

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

Install libattr 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 libattr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libattr

Install libattr 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 libattr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libattr

How To Uninstall libattr on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libattr

libattr Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/xattr.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/6fb72d255d060c326dea2b055a79814b10b783
/usr/lib/libattr.so.1
/usr/lib/libattr.so.1.1.2448
/etc/xattr.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/e1ccecf571785896da3e4c48bc16a0114315b3
/usr/lib64/libattr.so.1
/usr/lib64/libattr.so.1.1.2448

References

Summary

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