How To Install gvfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is gvfs-devel

The gvfs-devel package contains headers and other files that are required to develop applications using gvfs.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install gvfs-devel

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

sudo yum -y install gvfs-devel

How To Uninstall gvfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove gvfs-devel

gvfs-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/gvfs-client
/usr/include/gvfs-client/gvfs
/usr/include/gvfs-client/gvfs/gvfsurimapper.h
/usr/include/gvfs-client/gvfs/gvfsuriutils.h

References

Summary

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