How To Install nspr on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nspr in AlmaLinux 8. nspr is Netscape Portable Runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nspr on AlmaLinux 8.

What is nspr

NSPR provides platform independence for non-GUI operating system facilities. These facilities include threads, thread synchronization, normal file and network I/O, interval timing and calendar time, basic memory management (malloc and free) and shared library linking.

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

Install nspr on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nspr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nspr

Install nspr on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nspr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nspr

How To Uninstall nspr on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nspr

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nspr on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.