How To Install libestr on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libestr on Rocky Linux 8. libestr is String handling essentials library

Introduction

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

What is libestr

This package compiles the string handling essentials library used by the Rsyslog daemon.

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

Install libestr 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 libestr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libestr

Install libestr 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 libestr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libestr

How To Uninstall libestr on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libestr

libestr Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/c833762c839e33755206f63bb8fb8621309b44
/usr/lib/libestr.so.0
/usr/lib/libestr.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libestr
/usr/share/doc/libestr/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libestr/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libestr/README
/usr/share/licenses/libestr
/usr/share/licenses/libestr/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/4ed7b66857ea4ce743138d66ba92035189e926
/usr/lib64/libestr.so.0
/usr/lib64/libestr.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libestr
/usr/share/doc/libestr/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libestr/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libestr/README
/usr/share/licenses/libestr
/usr/share/licenses/libestr/COPYING

References

Summary

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