How To Install libieee1284 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libieee1284 on Rocky Linux 8. libieee1284 is A library for interfacing IEEE 1284-compatible devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libieee1284 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libieee1284

The libieee1284 library is for communicating with parallel port devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install libieee1284 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libieee1284.

Install libieee1284 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 libieee1284 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libieee1284

Install libieee1284 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 libieee1284 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libieee1284

How To Uninstall libieee1284 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libieee1284 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libieee1284

libieee1284 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/libieee1284_test
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/e0303d4d9bfa84cd5e55148ad51bb40c440f58
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/8e92c9491f3738b7fd19a8d6dc18c41a4f64a1
/usr/lib/libieee1284.so.3
/usr/lib/libieee1284.so.3.2.2
/usr/share/doc/libieee1284
/usr/share/doc/libieee1284/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libieee1284/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libieee1284/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libieee1284/README
/usr/share/doc/libieee1284/TODO
/usr/bin/libieee1284_test
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/e422f44de6d6c983b5b8529ce1fee5312f9e79
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/99fd7938f8f336583906806d1558865ad3d984
/usr/lib64/libieee1284.so.3
/usr/lib64/libieee1284.so.3.2.2
/usr/share/doc/libieee1284
/usr/share/doc/libieee1284/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libieee1284/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libieee1284/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libieee1284/README
/usr/share/doc/libieee1284/TODO

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libieee1284 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.