How To Install libgdata on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdata on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libgdata
libgdata is a GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using the GData protocol — most notably, Google’s services. It provides APIs to access the common Google services, and has full asynchronous support.
We can use yum or dnf to install libgdata on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgdata.
Install libgdata on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libgdata using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libgdata
Install libgdata on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libgdata using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libgdata
How To Uninstall libgdata on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libgdata package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libgdata
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdata on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
