How To Install yaml-cpp-static on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaml-cpp-static on Rocky Linux 8. yaml-cpp-static is Static library for yaml-cpp

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaml-cpp-static on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `yaml-cpp-static`

The yaml-cpp-static package contains the static library for yaml-cpp.

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

Install yaml-cpp-static 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 yaml-cpp-static using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install yaml-cpp-static

Install yaml-cpp-static 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 yaml-cpp-static using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install yaml-cpp-static

How To Uninstall yaml-cpp-static on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the yaml-cpp-static package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove yaml-cpp-static

yaml-cpp-static Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/cmake/yaml-cpp-static
/usr/lib64/cmake/yaml-cpp-static/yaml-cpp-static-config-version.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/yaml-cpp-static/yaml-cpp-static-config.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/yaml-cpp-static/yaml-cpp-static-targets-release.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/yaml-cpp-static/yaml-cpp-static-targets.cmake
/usr/lib64/libyaml-cpp.a
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/yaml-cpp-static.pc
/usr/share/licenses/yaml-cpp-static
/usr/share/licenses/yaml-cpp-static/LICENSE

References

yaml-cpp-static website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaml-cpp-static on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.