How To Install libkdumpfile on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdumpfile on CentOS 8.
What is libkdumpfile
libkdumpfile is a library to read kdump-compressed kernel core dumps.
We can use yum or dnf to install libkdumpfile on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libkdumpfile.
Install libkdumpfile on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libkdumpfile using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libkdumpfile
Install libkdumpfile on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libkdumpfile using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libkdumpfile
How To Uninstall libkdumpfile on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libkdumpfile package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libkdumpfile
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdumpfile on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.