How To Install json-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is json-devel

The json-devel package contains C++ header files for developing applications that use json.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install json-devel

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

sudo yum -y install json-devel

How To Uninstall json-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove json-devel

json-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/json.hpp
/usr/include/nlohmann
/usr/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
/usr/lib64/cmake/nlohmann_json
/usr/lib64/cmake/nlohmann_json/nlohmann_jsonConfig.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/nlohmann_json/nlohmann_jsonConfigVersion.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/nlohmann_json/nlohmann_jsonTargets.cmake
/usr/share/doc/json-devel
/usr/share/doc/json-devel/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/json-devel
/usr/share/licenses/json-devel/LICENSE.MIT

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Summary

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