How To Install libXNVCtrl-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is libXNVCtrl-devel

The libXNVCtrl-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libXNVCtrl.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libXNVCtrl-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libXNVCtrl-devel

How To Uninstall libXNVCtrl-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libXNVCtrl-devel

libXNVCtrl-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/NVCtrl
/usr/include/NVCtrl/NVCtrl.h
/usr/include/NVCtrl/NVCtrlLib.h
/usr/include/NVCtrl/nv_control.h
/usr/lib/libXNVCtrl.so
/usr/share/doc/libXNVCtrl-devel
/usr/share/doc/libXNVCtrl-devel/FRAMELOCK.txt
/usr/share/doc/libXNVCtrl-devel/NV-CONTROL-API.txt
/usr/include/NVCtrl
/usr/include/NVCtrl/NVCtrl.h
/usr/include/NVCtrl/NVCtrlLib.h
/usr/include/NVCtrl/nv_control.h
/usr/lib64/libXNVCtrl.so
/usr/share/doc/libXNVCtrl-devel
/usr/share/doc/libXNVCtrl-devel/FRAMELOCK.txt
/usr/share/doc/libXNVCtrl-devel/NV-CONTROL-API.txt

References

Summary

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