How To Install libbsd-ctor-static on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbsd-ctor-static on Rocky Linux 8. libbsd-ctor-static is Development files for libbsd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbsd-ctor-static on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libbsd-ctor-static

The libbsd-ctor static library is required if setproctitle() is to be used when libbsd is loaded via dlopen() from a threaded program. This can be configured using “pkg-config –libs libbsd-ctor”.

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

Install libbsd-ctor-static 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 libbsd-ctor-static using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libbsd-ctor-static

Install libbsd-ctor-static 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 libbsd-ctor-static using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libbsd-ctor-static

How To Uninstall libbsd-ctor-static on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libbsd-ctor-static package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libbsd-ctor-static

libbsd-ctor-static Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/libbsd-ctor.a
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libbsd-ctor.pc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbsd-ctor-static on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.