How To Install libfdt on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfdt on Rocky Linux 8. libfdt is Device tree library

Introduction

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

What is `libfdt`

libfdt is a library to process Open Firmware style device trees on various architectures.

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

Install libfdt 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 libfdt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfdt

Install libfdt 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 libfdt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfdt

How To Uninstall libfdt on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libfdt

libfdt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/2808239ad1b7c4564b0a4ca57719a288f9d4ca
/usr/lib/libfdt-1.6.0.so
/usr/lib/libfdt.so.1
/usr/share/licenses/libfdt
/usr/share/licenses/libfdt/GPL
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/7fae8e6e64a147e107b94ebae6c382fe54258a
/usr/lib64/libfdt-1.6.0.so
/usr/lib64/libfdt.so.1
/usr/share/licenses/libfdt
/usr/share/licenses/libfdt/GPL

References

libfdt website

Summary

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