How To Install libmcpp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmcpp on Rocky Linux 8. libmcpp is Alternative C/C++ preprocessor (library build)

Introduction

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

What is `libmcpp`

This package provides a library build of mcpp.

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

Install libmcpp 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 libmcpp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmcpp

Install libmcpp 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 libmcpp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmcpp

How To Uninstall libmcpp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libmcpp

libmcpp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/e0573470d637acd352912fafa57577a755b5c9
/usr/lib64/libmcpp.so.0
/usr/lib64/libmcpp.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libmcpp
/usr/share/doc/libmcpp/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/c316aefdfe946a4ff410260d70f5145f34bbd6
/usr/lib/libmcpp.so.0
/usr/lib/libmcpp.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libmcpp
/usr/share/doc/libmcpp/LICENSE

References

libmcpp website

Summary

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