How To Install fann-devel on CentOS 8

fann-devel is Development libraries for FANN

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fann-devel on CentOS 8.

What is fann-devel

This package is only needed if you intend to develop and/or compile programs based on the FANN library.

We can use yum or dnf to install fann-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fann-devel.

Install fann-devel 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 fann-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fann-devel

Install fann-devel 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 fann-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fann-devel

How To Uninstall fann-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the fann-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fann-devel

fann-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/compat_time.h
/usr/include/doublefann.h
/usr/include/fann.h
/usr/include/fann_activation.h
/usr/include/fann_cascade.h
/usr/include/fann_cpp.h
/usr/include/fann_data.h
/usr/include/fann_error.h
/usr/include/fann_internal.h
/usr/include/fann_io.h
/usr/include/fann_train.h
/usr/include/fixedfann.h
/usr/include/floatfann.h
/usr/lib64/libdoublefann.so
/usr/lib64/libfann.so
/usr/lib64/libfixedfann.so
/usr/lib64/libfloatfann.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/fann.pc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fann-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.