How To Install msgpack on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install msgpack on Rocky Linux 8. msgpack is Binary-based efficient object serialization library

Introduction

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

What is msgpack

MessagePack is a binary-based efficient object serialization library. It enables to exchange structured objects between many languages like JSON. But unlike JSON, it is very fast and small.

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

Install msgpack 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 msgpack using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install msgpack

Install msgpack 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 msgpack using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install msgpack

How To Uninstall msgpack on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove msgpack

msgpack Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/bf1eef7304b1c739c84f469466a156b36ea6fa
/usr/lib64/libmsgpackc.so.2
/usr/lib64/libmsgpackc.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/msgpack
/usr/share/doc/msgpack/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/msgpack/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/msgpack/NOTICE
/usr/share/doc/msgpack/README
/usr/share/doc/msgpack/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/msgpack
/usr/share/licenses/msgpack/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/msgpack/LICENSE_1_0.txt

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Summary

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