Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-compat-howl on CentOS 8.
What is avahi-compat-howl
Libraries that are compatible with those provided by the howl package. avahi-compat-howl 0.7 20.el8 x86_64 28 k avahi-0.7-20.el8.src.rpm powertools Libraries for howl compatibility http LGPLv2+ Libraries that are compatible with those provided by the howl package.
We can use yum or dnf to install avahi-compat-howl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install avahi-compat-howl.
Install avahi-compat-howl 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 avahi-compat-howl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install avahi-compat-howl
Install avahi-compat-howl 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 avahi-compat-howl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install avahi-compat-howl
How To Uninstall avahi-compat-howl on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the avahi-compat-howl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove avahi-compat-howl
avahi-compat-howl Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/4984beaa0ec6b3013d623364f76e442af5e1e1
/usr/lib/libhowl.so.0
/usr/lib/libhowl.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/f906b34b5566a7e749bd0fffed401a70114b04
/usr/lib64/libhowl.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhowl.so.0.0.0
References
- [avahi-compat-howl website](http://avahi.org
http://avahi.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-compat-howl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
