How To Install libbsd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbsd on Rocky Linux 8. libbsd is Library providing BSD-compatible functions for portability

Introduction

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

What is libbsd

libbsd provides useful functions commonly found on BSD systems, and lacking on others like GNU systems, thus making it easier to port projects with strong BSD origins, without needing to embed the same code over and over again on each project.

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

Install libbsd 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libbsd

Install libbsd 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libbsd

How To Uninstall libbsd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libbsd

libbsd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/17dc4083a674b0f082c51e63c9101abc90c054
/usr/lib64/libbsd.so.0
/usr/lib64/libbsd.so.0.9.1
/usr/share/doc/libbsd
/usr/share/doc/libbsd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libbsd/README
/usr/share/doc/libbsd/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libbsd
/usr/share/licenses/libbsd/COPYING

References

Summary

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