How To Install libassuan-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libassuan-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libassuan-devel is GnuPG IPC library

Introduction

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

What is libassuan-devel

This is the IPC static library used by GnuPG 2, GPGME and a few other packages. This package contains files needed to develop applications using libassuan.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libassuan-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libassuan-devel

How To Uninstall libassuan-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libassuan-devel

libassuan-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/libassuan-config
/usr/include/libassuan2
/usr/include/libassuan2/assuan.h
/usr/lib/libassuan.so
/usr/share/aclocal/libassuan.m4
/usr/share/info/assuan.info.gz
/usr/bin/libassuan-config
/usr/include/libassuan2
/usr/include/libassuan2/assuan.h
/usr/lib64/libassuan.so
/usr/share/aclocal/libassuan.m4
/usr/share/info/assuan.info.gz

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Summary

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