How To Install libupnp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libupnp on Rocky Linux 8. libupnp is Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) SDK

Introduction

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

What is libupnp

The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) SDK for Linux provides support for building UPnP-compliant control points, devices, and bridges on Linux.

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

Install libupnp 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 libupnp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libupnp

Install libupnp 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 libupnp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libupnp

How To Uninstall libupnp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libupnp

libupnp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/9c8f6f0454582cef44dec1ee3b988ec2598c31
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/7920bab6264b24d5c2e9367f3d0a310a285374
/usr/lib64/libixml.so.10
/usr/lib64/libixml.so.10.0.2
/usr/lib64/libupnp.so.13
/usr/lib64/libupnp.so.13.1.2
/usr/share/doc/libupnp
/usr/share/doc/libupnp/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/libupnp
/usr/share/licenses/libupnp/COPYING

References

Summary

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