How To Install libkdumpfile on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdumpfile on CentOS 8. libkdumpfile is Kernel coredump file access

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.