How To Install libzstd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzstd on Rocky Linux 8. libzstd is Zstd shared library

Introduction

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

What is `libzstd`

Zstandard compression shared library.

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

Install libzstd 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 libzstd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libzstd

Install libzstd 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 libzstd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libzstd

How To Uninstall libzstd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libzstd

libzstd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/bac6d5e2e9c93e608ab486586aa55650cd4d6c
/usr/lib64/libzstd.so.1
/usr/lib64/libzstd.so.1.4.4
/usr/share/licenses/libzstd
/usr/share/licenses/libzstd/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libzstd/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/7647e0f756cf1217827251afbced4c46d5279b
/usr/lib/libzstd.so.1
/usr/lib/libzstd.so.1.4.4
/usr/share/licenses/libzstd
/usr/share/licenses/libzstd/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libzstd/LICENSE

References

libzstd website

Summary

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