How To Install libusb on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libusb on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libusb
This package provides a way for applications to access USB devices. Legacy libusb-0.1 is no longer supported by upstream, therefore content of this package was replaced by libusb-compat. It provides compatibility layer allowing applications written for libusb-0.1 to work with libusb-1.0.
We can use yum or dnf to install libusb on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libusb.
Install libusb 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 libusb using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libusb
Install libusb 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 libusb using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libusb
How To Uninstall libusb on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libusb package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libusb
libusb Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/dc99d0a42f37bd1babdaba9573e7753dc4febc
/usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4
/usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4.4.4
/usr/share/doc/libusb
/usr/share/doc/libusb/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libusb/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libusb/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libusb/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libusb/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/99d90ba56ee53b5479bed3392595cda42240d7
/usr/lib64/libusb-0.1.so.4
/usr/lib64/libusb-0.1.so.4.4.4
/usr/share/doc/libusb
/usr/share/doc/libusb/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libusb/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libusb/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libusb/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libusb/README
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libusb on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.