How To Install libbpf-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbpf-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libbpf-devel
The libbpf-devel package contains libraries header files for developing applications that use libbpf
We can use yum or dnf to install libbpf-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libbpf-devel.
Install libbpf-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 libbpf-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libbpf-devel
Install libbpf-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 libbpf-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libbpf-devel
How To Uninstall libbpf-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libbpf-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libbpf-devel
libbpf-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/bpf
/usr/include/bpf/bpf.h
/usr/include/bpf/bpf_core_read.h
/usr/include/bpf/bpf_endian.h
/usr/include/bpf/bpf_helper_defs.h
/usr/include/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
/usr/include/bpf/bpf_tracing.h
/usr/include/bpf/btf.h
/usr/include/bpf/libbpf.h
/usr/include/bpf/libbpf_common.h
/usr/include/bpf/libbpf_util.h
/usr/include/bpf/xsk.h
/usr/lib/libbpf.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libbpf.pc
/usr/include/bpf
/usr/include/bpf/bpf.h
/usr/include/bpf/bpf_core_read.h
/usr/include/bpf/bpf_endian.h
/usr/include/bpf/bpf_helper_defs.h
/usr/include/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
/usr/include/bpf/bpf_tracing.h
/usr/include/bpf/btf.h
/usr/include/bpf/libbpf.h
/usr/include/bpf/libbpf_common.h
/usr/include/bpf/libbpf_util.h
/usr/include/bpf/xsk.h
/usr/lib64/libbpf.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libbpf.pc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbpf-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
