Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install brlapi on CentOS 8.
What is brlapi
This package provides the run-time support for the Application Programming Interface to BRLTTY. Install this package if you have an application which directly accesses a refreshable braille display. brlapi 0.6.7 32.el8 x86_64 171 k brltty-5.6-32.el8.src.rpm appstream Application Programming Interface for BRLTTY http LGPLv2+ This package provides the run-time support for the Application Programming Interface to BRLTTY. Install this package if you have an application which directly accesses a refreshable braille display.
We can use yum or dnf to install brlapi on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install brlapi.
Install brlapi 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 brlapi using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install brlapi
Install brlapi 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 brlapi using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install brlapi
How To Uninstall brlapi on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the brlapi package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove brlapi
brlapi Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/brlapi.key
/usr/bin/eutp
/usr/bin/vstp
/usr/bin/xbrlapi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/2ed09c5c9b1482c955893cd70c6766a711a146
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/77f6eb4e8124d4a4365d0200f483ac5a224b51
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/508eaa8c3742580ce0fe75d3d89646521641e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/e4f8ffb1710b91f8f14358e1b05d6dfbbf061c
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/1393d62527113a543247dc850f2732870a43c1
/usr/lib/brltty/libbrlttybba.so
/usr/lib/libbrlapi.so.0.6
/usr/lib/libbrlapi.so.0.6.7
/usr/share/doc/brlapi
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-1.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-2.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-3.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-4.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-5.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-6.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-7.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI.sgml
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI.txt
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/README
/usr/share/man/man1/eutp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vstp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xbrlapi.1.gz
/etc/brlapi.key
/usr/bin/eutp
/usr/bin/vstp
/usr/bin/xbrlapi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/b22171fe03d02c18fbd8f2f4afe848e4fe3479
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/8d265bd847efa884d795d39f5afed77efb09e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/e1a21f5bc1b36cb8ece684b6ee030634860596
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/b024eac3f8e8340b7ead57f17106502f70a832
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/9c5350996be7b710abef8755ae685b514fcd7c
/usr/lib64/brltty/libbrlttybba.so
/usr/lib64/libbrlapi.so.0.6
/usr/lib64/libbrlapi.so.0.6.7
/usr/share/doc/brlapi
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-1.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-2.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-3.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-4.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-5.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-6.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI-7.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI.html
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI.sgml
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/Manual-BrlAPI/English/BrlAPI.txt
/usr/share/doc/brlapi/README
/usr/share/man/man1/eutp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vstp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xbrlapi.1.gz
References
- [brlapi website](http://brltty.app/
http://brltty.app/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install brlapi on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
