How To Install libbgpdump-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbgpdump-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libbgpdump-devel is Development files for the bgpdump library

Introduction

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

What is libbgpdump-devel

The libbgpdump-devel package includes header files and libraries necessary for developing programs which use the bgpdump C library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libbgpdump-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libbgpdump-devel

How To Uninstall libbgpdump-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libbgpdump-devel

libbgpdump-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/bgpdump_attr.h
/usr/include/bgpdump_formats.h
/usr/include/bgpdump_lib.h
/usr/include/bgpdump_mstream.h
/usr/lib64/libbgpdump.so

References

Summary

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