How To Install libx86emu on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx86emu on Rocky Linux 8. libx86emu is x86 emulation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx86emu on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libx86emu

Small x86 emulation library with focus of easy usage and extended execution logging functions. The library features an API to create emulation objects for x86 architecture.

We can use yum or dnf to install libx86emu on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libx86emu.

Install libx86emu 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 libx86emu using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libx86emu

Install libx86emu 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 libx86emu using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libx86emu

How To Uninstall libx86emu on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libx86emu package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libx86emu

libx86emu Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/6ce9b62aac0376fdf3b8ae5608fde7afb0d3db
/usr/lib64/libx86emu.so.1
/usr/lib64/libx86emu.so.1.11
/usr/share/doc/libx86emu
/usr/share/doc/libx86emu/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libx86emu
/usr/share/licenses/libx86emu/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx86emu on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.