How To Install hidapi-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hidapi-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is hidapi-devel
This package contains development files for hidapi which provides access to USB and Bluetooth HID-class devices.
We can use yum or dnf to install hidapi-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hidapi-devel.
Install hidapi-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 hidapi-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hidapi-devel
Install hidapi-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 hidapi-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hidapi-devel
How To Uninstall hidapi-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the hidapi-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hidapi-devel
hidapi-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/hidapi
/usr/include/hidapi/hidapi.h
/usr/lib64/libhidapi-hidraw.so
/usr/lib64/libhidapi-libusb.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/hidapi-hidraw.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/hidapi-libusb.pc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hidapi-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
