How To Install libblockdev-vdo-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-vdo-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libblockdev-vdo-devel is Development files for the libblockdev-vdo plugin/library

Introduction

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

What is libblockdev-vdo-devel

This package contains header files and pkg-config files needed for development with the libblockdev-vdo plugin/library.

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

Install libblockdev-vdo-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 libblockdev-vdo-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libblockdev-vdo-devel

Install libblockdev-vdo-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 libblockdev-vdo-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libblockdev-vdo-devel

How To Uninstall libblockdev-vdo-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libblockdev-vdo-devel

libblockdev-vdo-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/blockdev
/usr/include/blockdev/vdo.h
/usr/lib/libbd_vdo.so
/usr/include/blockdev
/usr/include/blockdev/vdo.h
/usr/lib64/libbd_vdo.so

References

Summary

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