How To Install libpipeline on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipeline in AlmaLinux 8. libpipeline is A pipeline manipulation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipeline on AlmaLinux 8.

What is libpipeline

libpipeline is a C library for setting up and running pipelines of processes, without needing to involve shell command-line parsing which is often error-prone and insecure. This alleviates programmers of the need to laboriously construct pipelines using lower-level primitives such as fork(2) and execve(2).

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

Install libpipeline on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libpipeline using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpipeline

Install libpipeline on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libpipeline using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpipeline

How To Uninstall libpipeline on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libpipeline

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpipeline on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.