How To Install libsafec on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsafec on Rocky Linux 8. libsafec is Safec fork with all C11 Annex K functions

Introduction

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

What is `libsafec`

Safec fork with all C11 Annex K functions

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

Install libsafec 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 libsafec using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libsafec

Install libsafec 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 libsafec using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libsafec

How To Uninstall libsafec on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libsafec

libsafec Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/f6f09a5772b6e85ac12b0b7ac680d11309fd88
/usr/lib64/libsafec-3.3.so.3
/usr/lib64/libsafec-3.3.so.3.0.3
/usr/share/doc/libsafec
/usr/share/doc/libsafec/README
/usr/share/licenses/libsafec
/usr/share/licenses/libsafec/COPYING

References

libsafec website

Summary

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