How To Install erfa-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install erfa-devel on Rocky Linux 8. erfa-devel is Development files for erfa

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erfa-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is erfa-devel

The erfa-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use erfa.

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

Install erfa-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install erfa-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install erfa-devel

Install erfa-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install erfa-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install erfa-devel

How To Uninstall erfa-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove erfa-devel

erfa-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/erfa.h
/usr/include/erfadatextra.h
/usr/include/erfaextra.h
/usr/include/erfam.h
/usr/lib64/liberfa.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/erfa.pc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erfa-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.