How To Install libi2c on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libi2c on Rocky Linux 8. libi2c is I2C/SMBus bus access library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libi2c on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libi2c

libi2c offers a way for applications to interact with the devices connected to the I2C or SMBus buses of the system.

We can use yum or dnf to install libi2c on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libi2c.

Install libi2c 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 libi2c using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libi2c

Install libi2c 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 libi2c using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libi2c

How To Uninstall libi2c on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libi2c package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libi2c

libi2c Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/d5763d067f81a5923416453e8f02164de89563
/usr/lib/libi2c.so.0
/usr/lib/libi2c.so.0.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libi2c
/usr/share/doc/libi2c/COPYING.LGPL
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/57e427303b37a0e35a418f5e71d17d4c045dc0
/usr/lib64/libi2c.so.0
/usr/lib64/libi2c.so.0.1.0
/usr/share/doc/libi2c
/usr/share/doc/libi2c/COPYING.LGPL

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libi2c on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.