How To Install libnghttp2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnghttp2 on Rocky Linux 8. libnghttp2 is A library implementing the HTTP/2 protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnghttp2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libnghttp2`

libnghttp2 is a library implementing the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 (HTTP/2) protocol in C.

We can use yum or dnf to install libnghttp2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnghttp2.

Install libnghttp2 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 libnghttp2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnghttp2

Install libnghttp2 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 libnghttp2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnghttp2

How To Uninstall libnghttp2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libnghttp2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libnghttp2

libnghttp2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/969b01bbe7aa655a5dd60495244c159f92ce4b
/usr/lib64/libnghttp2.so.14
/usr/lib64/libnghttp2.so.14.17.0
/usr/share/licenses/libnghttp2
/usr/share/licenses/libnghttp2/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/5c52616bc98aa3767c54e5e4606c5ef1c05c22
/usr/lib/libnghttp2.so.14
/usr/lib/libnghttp2.so.14.17.0
/usr/share/licenses/libnghttp2
/usr/share/licenses/libnghttp2/COPYING

References

libnghttp2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnghttp2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.