How To Install libblocksruntime on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblocksruntime in AlmaLinux 8. libblocksruntime is LLVM’s compiler-rt/BlocksRuntime development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblocksruntime on AlmaLinux 8.

What is libblocksruntime

This package contains development headers for building software that uses blocks, a proposed extension to the C, Objective C, and C++ languages developed by Apple to support the Grand Central Dispatch concurrency engine.

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

Install libblocksruntime 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 libblocksruntime using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libblocksruntime

Install libblocksruntime 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 libblocksruntime using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libblocksruntime

How To Uninstall libblocksruntime on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libblocksruntime

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblocksruntime on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.