How To Install libcurl-minimal on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcurl-minimal on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libcurl-minimal
This is a replacement of the ’libcurl’ package for minimal installations. It comes with a limited set of features compared to the ’libcurl’ package. On the other hand, the package is smaller and requires fewer run-time dependencies to be installed.
We can use yum or dnf to install libcurl-minimal on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcurl-minimal.
Install libcurl-minimal 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 libcurl-minimal using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libcurl-minimal
Install libcurl-minimal 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 libcurl-minimal using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libcurl-minimal
How To Uninstall libcurl-minimal on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libcurl-minimal package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libcurl-minimal
libcurl-minimal Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/ecbef1267ca1b997cf5b6f425c53471e65f75b
/usr/lib64/libcurl.so.4
/usr/lib64/libcurl.so.4.5.0
/usr/share/licenses/libcurl-minimal
/usr/share/licenses/libcurl-minimal/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/a3c6a974f05f5f2b18c157f3d71dff3facb3a2
/usr/lib/libcurl.so.4
/usr/lib/libcurl.so.4.5.0
/usr/share/licenses/libcurl-minimal
/usr/share/licenses/libcurl-minimal/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcurl-minimal on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.