How To Install libarchive-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is libarchive-devel

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

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libarchive-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libarchive-devel

How To Uninstall libarchive-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libarchive-devel

libarchive-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/archive.h
/usr/include/archive_entry.h
/usr/lib/libarchive.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libarchive.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry_acl.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry_linkify.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry_paths.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry_perms.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry_stat.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry_time.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_add_passphrase.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_data.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_disk.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_extract.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_filter.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_format.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_free.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_header.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_new.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_open.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_set_options.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_util.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_blocksize.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_data.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_disk.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_filter.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_finish_entry.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_format.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_free.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_header.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_new.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_open.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_set_options.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_set_passphrase.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libarchive.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libarchive_changes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libarchive_internals.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/libarchive-formats.5.gz
/usr/include/archive.h
/usr/include/archive_entry.h
/usr/lib64/libarchive.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libarchive.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry_acl.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry_linkify.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry_paths.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry_perms.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry_stat.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_entry_time.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_add_passphrase.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_data.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_disk.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_extract.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_filter.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_format.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_free.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_header.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_new.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_open.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_read_set_options.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_util.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_blocksize.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_data.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_disk.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_filter.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_finish_entry.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_format.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_free.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_header.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_new.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_open.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_set_options.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/archive_write_set_passphrase.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libarchive.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libarchive_changes.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libarchive_internals.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/libarchive-formats.5.gz

References

Summary

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