How To Install glfw-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install glfw-devel on Rocky Linux 8. glfw-devel is Support for developing C application

Introduction

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

What is glfw-devel

The glfw-devel package contains header files for developing glfw applications.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install glfw-devel

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

sudo yum -y install glfw-devel

How To Uninstall glfw-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove glfw-devel

glfw-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/GLFW
/usr/include/GLFW/glfw3.h
/usr/include/GLFW/glfw3native.h
/usr/lib64/cmake/glfw3
/usr/lib64/cmake/glfw3/glfw3Config.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/glfw3/glfw3ConfigVersion.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/glfw3/glfw3Targets-noconfig.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/glfw3/glfw3Targets.cmake
/usr/lib64/libglfw.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/glfw3.pc

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Summary

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