How To Install libunistring on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunistring on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libunistring
This portable C library implements Unicode string types in three flavours (UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32), together with functions for character processing (names, classifications, properties) and functions for string processing (iteration, formatted output, width, word breaks, line breaks, normalization, case folding and regular expressions).
We can use yum or dnf to install libunistring on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libunistring.
Install libunistring 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 libunistring using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libunistring
Install libunistring 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 libunistring using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libunistring
How To Uninstall libunistring on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libunistring package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libunistring
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunistring on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
