How To Install yajl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install yajl on Rocky Linux 8. yajl is Yet Another JSON Library (YAJL)

Introduction

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

What is `yajl`

Yet Another JSON Library. YAJL is a small event-driven (SAX-style) JSON parser written in ANSI C, and a small validating JSON generator.

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

Install yajl 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 yajl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install yajl

Install yajl 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 yajl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install yajl

How To Uninstall yajl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove yajl

yajl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/json_reformat
/usr/bin/json_verify
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/1eae71b36820095cba1509634e63478ea46ea8
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/37de9319028b26ceac08259a0440f3bdb9bd3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/37d3a9fe6649810d5df8c8c34fb9ec726fddd0
/usr/lib/libyajl.so.2
/usr/lib/libyajl.so.2.1.0
/usr/share/doc/yajl
/usr/share/doc/yajl/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/yajl/README
/usr/share/doc/yajl/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/yajl
/usr/share/licenses/yajl/COPYING
/usr/bin/json_reformat
/usr/bin/json_verify
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/52c7d02a409d3640b7acac55db4c5c3064e5af
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/b54fdc51002f2dcc2aed0b6e75fd4644356ac6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/44a10dd5c53425c01f33e69e3e95311567029d
/usr/lib64/libyajl.so.2
/usr/lib64/libyajl.so.2.1.0
/usr/share/doc/yajl
/usr/share/doc/yajl/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/yajl/README
/usr/share/doc/yajl/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/yajl
/usr/share/licenses/yajl/COPYING

References

yajl website

Summary

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