How To Install libfdisk on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfdisk on Rocky Linux 8. libfdisk is Partitioning library for fdisk-like programs.

Introduction

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

What is `libfdisk`

This is library for fdisk-like programs, part of util-linux.

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

Install libfdisk 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 libfdisk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfdisk

Install libfdisk 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 libfdisk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfdisk

How To Uninstall libfdisk on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libfdisk

libfdisk Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/4ea42703124d37eaf420ebabf304fe0c61598c
/usr/lib64/libfdisk.so.1
/usr/lib64/libfdisk.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/libfdisk
/usr/share/licenses/libfdisk/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libfdisk/COPYING.LGPLv2.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/69ce92bdf9a83fecf33b11fc0ded79f087d4f5
/usr/lib/libfdisk.so.1
/usr/lib/libfdisk.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/libfdisk
/usr/share/licenses/libfdisk/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libfdisk/COPYING.LGPLv2.1

References

libfdisk website

Summary

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