How To Install ncurses-c++-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-c++-libs on Rocky Linux 8. ncurses-c++-libs is Ncurses C++ bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-c++-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ncurses-c++-libs

The curses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses (new curses) library is a freely distributable replacement for the discontinued 4.4 BSD classic curses library. This package contains C++ bindings of the ncurses ABI version 6 libraries.

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

Install ncurses-c++-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 ncurses-c++-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ncurses-c++-libs

Install ncurses-c++-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 ncurses-c++-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ncurses-c++-libs

How To Uninstall ncurses-c++-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ncurses-c++-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ncurses-c++-libs

ncurses-c++-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/1cb73d22e059b7abac196ba16e95f9315de0fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/5e8c198ffa610e9e88367d3813d82a96472a76
/usr/lib/libncurses++.so.6
/usr/lib/libncurses++.so.6.1
/usr/lib/libncurses++w.so.6
/usr/lib/libncurses++w.so.6.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/25d8f7793d5f8de0e359852a31d359461a0094
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/2c039b87e0aa1956a38c0c1a10a23e4138d3f8
/usr/lib64/libncurses++.so.6
/usr/lib64/libncurses++.so.6.1
/usr/lib64/libncurses++w.so.6
/usr/lib64/libncurses++w.so.6.1

References

Summary

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