How To Install libslirp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libslirp on Rocky Linux 8. libslirp is A general purpose TCP-IP emulator

Introduction

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

What is libslirp

A general purpose TCP-IP emulator used by virtual machine hypervisors to provide virtual networking services.

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

Install libslirp 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 libslirp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libslirp

Install libslirp 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 libslirp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libslirp

How To Uninstall libslirp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libslirp

libslirp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/7d39044c311216b74c79752ffd543b3a85370c
/usr/lib64/libslirp.so.0
/usr/lib64/libslirp.so.0.2.2
/usr/share/doc/libslirp
/usr/share/doc/libslirp/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/libslirp/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libslirp
/usr/share/licenses/libslirp/COPYRIGHT

References

Summary

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