How To Install fmt-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is fmt-devel

This package contains the header file for using fmt.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install fmt-devel

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

sudo yum -y install fmt-devel

How To Uninstall fmt-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove fmt-devel

fmt-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/fmt
/usr/include/fmt/chrono.h
/usr/include/fmt/color.h
/usr/include/fmt/compile.h
/usr/include/fmt/core.h
/usr/include/fmt/format-inl.h
/usr/include/fmt/format.h
/usr/include/fmt/locale.h
/usr/include/fmt/os.h
/usr/include/fmt/ostream.h
/usr/include/fmt/posix.h
/usr/include/fmt/printf.h
/usr/include/fmt/ranges.h
/usr/lib64/libfmt.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/fmt.pc
/usr/share/cmake/fmt
/usr/share/cmake/fmt/fmt-config-version.cmake
/usr/share/cmake/fmt/fmt-config.cmake
/usr/share/cmake/fmt/fmt-targets-relwithdebinfo.cmake
/usr/share/cmake/fmt/fmt-targets.cmake

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Summary

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