How To Install libzip on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzip on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libzip.
Install libzip 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 libzip using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libzip
Install libzip 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 libzip using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libzip
How To Uninstall libzip on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libzip package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libzip
libzip Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/10342e2904c88f4c63c9668efae6832741c889
/usr/lib64/libzip.so.5
/usr/lib64/libzip.so.5.0
/usr/share/licenses/libzip
/usr/share/licenses/libzip/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzip on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.