How To Install wcstools-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcstools-libs on Rocky Linux 8. wcstools-libs is Wcstools shared library

Introduction

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

What is wcstools-libs

Shared library necessary to run wcstools and programs based on libwcs.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install wcstools-libs

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

sudo yum -y install wcstools-libs

How To Uninstall wcstools-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove wcstools-libs

wcstools-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/f40f39edf764d82bff35cf69cb316e6b6aab5b
/usr/lib64/libwcstools.so.1
/usr/lib64/libwcstools.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/wcstools-libs
/usr/share/licenses/wcstools-libs/COPYING

References

Summary

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