How To Install libzip on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzip
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libzip
libzip is a C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives. Files can be added from data buffers, files, or compressed data copied directly from other zip archives. Changes made without closing the archive can be reverted. The API is documented by man pages.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install libzip
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libzip.
Install libzip 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 libzip
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libzip
Install libzip 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 libzip
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libzip
How To Uninstall libzip on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libzip
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libzip
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzip
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.