How To Install patchelf on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install patchelf on Rocky Linux 8. patchelf is A utility for patching ELF binaries

Introduction

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

What is patchelf

PatchELF is a simple utility for modifying an existing ELF executable or library. It can change the dynamic loader (“ELF interpreter”) of an executable and change the RPATH of an executable or library.

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

Install patchelf 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 patchelf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install patchelf

Install patchelf 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 patchelf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install patchelf

How To Uninstall patchelf on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove patchelf

patchelf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/patchelf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/f0bf935857150f94ff9c4c227a5c7b617c5167
/usr/share/doc/patchelf
/usr/share/doc/patchelf/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/patchelf
/usr/share/licenses/patchelf/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/patchelf.1.gz

References

Summary

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