How To Install libgcab1 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcab1 on Rocky Linux 8. libgcab1 is Library to create Cabinet archives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcab1 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libgcab1`

libgcab is a library to manipulate Cabinet archive using GIO/GObject.

We can use yum or dnf to install libgcab1 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgcab1.

Install libgcab1 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 libgcab1 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgcab1

Install libgcab1 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 libgcab1 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgcab1

How To Uninstall libgcab1 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libgcab1 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgcab1

libgcab1 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/b9db3db9a6f3782361f47b703d27382d0d6584
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GCab-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgcab-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgcab-1.0.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgcab1
/usr/share/doc/libgcab1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libgcab1/NEWS
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/bf7d44bbb02f6e70c22ccb25b6a7186f28d990
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GCab-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libgcab-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgcab-1.0.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libgcab1
/usr/share/doc/libgcab1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libgcab1/NEWS
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gcab.mo

References

libgcab1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcab1 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.