How to Install and Uninstall libuuid.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: November 27,2024

1. Install "libuuid.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libuuid.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libuuid.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                libuuid.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libuuid.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last metadata expiration check: 1:05:27 ago on Mon Feb 26 15:59:38 2024.
Installed Packages
Name : libuuid
Version : 2.32.1
Release : 43.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 34 k
Source : util-linux-2.32.1-43.el8.src.rpm
Repository : @System
Summary : Universally unique ID library
URL : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux
License : BSD
Description : This is the universally unique ID library, part of util-linux.
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: The libuuid library generates and parses 128-bit universally unique
: id's (UUID's). A UUID is an identifier that is unique across both
: space and time, with respect to the space of all UUIDs. A UUID can
: be used for multiple purposes, from tagging objects with an extremely
: short lifetime, to reliably identifying very persistent objects
: across a network.
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: See also the "uuid" package, which is a separate implementation.