Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autogen-libopts on CentOS 8.
What is autogen-libopts
Libopts is very powerful command line option parser consisting of a set of AutoGen templates and a run time library that nearly eliminates the hassle of parsing and documenting command line options. autogen-libopts 5.18.12 8.el8 x86_64 75 k autogen-5.18.12-8.el8.src.rpm appstream Automated option processing library based on autogen http LGPLv3+ Libopts is very powerful command line option parser consisting of a set of AutoGen templates and a run time library that nearly eliminates the hassle of parsing and documenting command line options.
We can use yum or dnf to install autogen-libopts on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install autogen-libopts.
Install autogen-libopts on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install autogen-libopts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install autogen-libopts
Install autogen-libopts on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install autogen-libopts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install autogen-libopts
How To Uninstall autogen-libopts on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the autogen-libopts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove autogen-libopts
autogen-libopts Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/33ec6c4aa284c10a9d949d7e295046a612265f
/usr/lib/libopts.so.25
/usr/lib/libopts.so.25.16.1
/usr/share/doc/autogen-libopts
/usr/share/doc/autogen-libopts/COPYING.lgplv3
/usr/share/doc/autogen-libopts/COPYING.mbsd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/b85cabddeccf16806f1b2ece599cc5a2a04b22
/usr/lib64/libopts.so.25
/usr/lib64/libopts.so.25.16.1
/usr/share/doc/autogen-libopts
/usr/share/doc/autogen-libopts/COPYING.lgplv3
/usr/share/doc/autogen-libopts/COPYING.mbsd
References
- [autogen-libopts website](http://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/
http://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autogen-libopts on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
