How To Install zchunk-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install zchunk-libs on Rocky Linux 8. zchunk-libs is Zchunk library

Introduction

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

What is `zchunk-libs`

zchunk is a compressed file format that splits the file into independent chunks. This allows you to only download the differences when downloading a new version of the file, and also makes zchunk files efficient over rsync. zchunk files are protected with strong checksums to verify that the file you downloaded is in fact the file you wanted. This package contains the zchunk library, libzck.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install zchunk-libs

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

sudo yum -y install zchunk-libs

How To Uninstall zchunk-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove zchunk-libs

zchunk-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/67be8f8e550f6db2a0d3f496f92df22e66d086
/usr/lib64/libzck.so.1
/usr/lib64/libzck.so.1.1.15
/usr/share/doc/zchunk-libs
/usr/share/doc/zchunk-libs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/zchunk-libs
/usr/share/licenses/zchunk-libs/LICENSE

References

zchunk-libs website

Summary

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