How To Install libsmartcols on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmartcols on Rocky Linux 8. libsmartcols is Formatting library for ls-like programs.

Introduction

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

What is libsmartcols

This is library for ls-like terminal programs, part of util-linux.

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

Install libsmartcols 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 libsmartcols using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libsmartcols

Install libsmartcols 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 libsmartcols using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libsmartcols

How To Uninstall libsmartcols on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libsmartcols

libsmartcols Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/da8fc5d2cb2d3c74ddba348eb6930ca348b01d
/usr/lib64/libsmartcols.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsmartcols.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/libsmartcols
/usr/share/licenses/libsmartcols/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libsmartcols/COPYING.LGPLv2.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/a78357c4e34886d477408093fa9f98b9c9948e
/usr/lib/libsmartcols.so.1
/usr/lib/libsmartcols.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/libsmartcols
/usr/share/licenses/libsmartcols/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libsmartcols/COPYING.LGPLv2.1

References

Summary

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