How To Install libutempter on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libutempter on CentOS 8.
What is libutempter
This library provides interface for terminal emulators such as screen and xterm to record user sessions to utmp and wtmp files. This library provides interface for terminal emulators such as screen and xterm to record user sessions to utmp and wtmp files.
We can use yum or dnf to install libutempter on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libutempter.
Install libutempter on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libutempter using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libutempter
Install libutempter on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libutempter using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libutempter
How To Uninstall libutempter on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libutempter package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libutempter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libutempter on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.