How To Install lirc-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-libs on Rocky Linux 8. lirc-libs is LIRC libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `lirc-libs`

Part of the LIRC package suite which handles IR remotes. See the package lirc for more. This package includes shared libraries that applications use to interface with LIRC.

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

Install lirc-libs 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 lirc-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lirc-libs

Install lirc-libs 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 lirc-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lirc-libs

How To Uninstall lirc-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the lirc-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lirc-libs

lirc-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/2c577883a72c2c9f024ce43559105e79efe49e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/d91e431512ee92fba48f04aec88ea584c971cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/a1b278ea6dfadf0d31b3a63adb9484cd95f115
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/1d7b17989e1fe6f992b2b5034e7ad49283095e
/usr/lib64/libirrecord.so.0
/usr/lib64/libirrecord.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/liblirc.so.0
/usr/lib64/liblirc.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/liblirc_client.so.0
/usr/lib64/liblirc_client.so.0.6.0
/usr/lib64/liblirc_driver.so.0
/usr/lib64/liblirc_driver.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/licenses/lirc-libs
/usr/share/licenses/lirc-libs/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/lirc-libs/COPYING.ciniparser
/usr/share/licenses/lirc-libs/COPYING.curl

References

lirc-libs website

Summary

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