How To Install libkeepalive on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkeepalive on CentOS 8.
What is libkeepalive
libkeepalive is a library that enables tcp keepalive features in glibc based binary dynamic executables, without any change in the original program.
We can use yum or dnf to install libkeepalive on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libkeepalive.
Install libkeepalive on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libkeepalive using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libkeepalive
Install libkeepalive 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 libkeepalive using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libkeepalive
How To Uninstall libkeepalive on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libkeepalive package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libkeepalive
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkeepalive on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.