How to Install and Uninstall uuid.x86_64 Package on Oracle Linux 8

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "uuid.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to install uuid.x86_64 on Oracle Linux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                uuid.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "uuid.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall uuid.x86_64 on Oracle Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                uuid.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the uuid.x86_64 package on Oracle Linux 8

Last metadata expiration check: 0:26:48 ago on Mon Sep 12 02:51:38 2022.
Available Packages
Name : uuid
Version : 1.6.2
Release : 43.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 64 k
Source : uuid-1.6.2-43.el8.src.rpm
Repository : ol8_appstream
Summary : Universally Unique Identifier library
URL : http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/
License : MIT
Description : OSSP uuid is a ISO-C:1999 application programming interface (API)
: and corresponding command line interface (CLI) for the generation
: of DCE 1.1, ISO/IEC 11578:1996 and RFC 4122 compliant Universally
: Unique Identifier (UUID). It supports DCE 1.1 variant UUIDs of version
: 1 (time and node based), version 3 (name based, MD5), version 4
: (random number based) and version 5 (name based, SHA-1). Additional
: API bindings are provided for the languages ISO-C++:1998 and Perl:5
: Optional backward compatibility exists for the ISO-C DCE-1.1 and Perl
: Data::UUID APIs.