How To Install libpkgconf on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpkgconf on Rocky Linux 8. libpkgconf is Backend library for pkgconf

Introduction

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

What is `libpkgconf`

This package provides libraries for applications to use the functionality of pkgconf.

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

Install libpkgconf 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 libpkgconf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpkgconf

Install libpkgconf 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 libpkgconf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpkgconf

How To Uninstall libpkgconf on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libpkgconf

libpkgconf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/c3c927d0db66a0da982b73db2ab31c368f656d
/usr/lib/libpkgconf.so.3
/usr/lib/libpkgconf.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libpkgconf
/usr/share/licenses/libpkgconf/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/690131630132da3db9f0aa0c3665551f03b248
/usr/lib64/libpkgconf.so.3
/usr/lib64/libpkgconf.so.3.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libpkgconf
/usr/share/licenses/libpkgconf/COPYING

References

libpkgconf website

Summary

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