How To Install libcephfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcephfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libcephfs-devel is Ceph distributed file system headers

Introduction

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

What is libcephfs-devel

This package contains libraries and headers needed to develop programs that use Cephs distributed file system.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libcephfs-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libcephfs-devel

How To Uninstall libcephfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libcephfs-devel

libcephfs-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/cephfs
/usr/include/cephfs/ceph_statx.h
/usr/include/cephfs/libcephfs.h
/usr/lib/libcephfs.so
/usr/include/cephfs
/usr/include/cephfs/ceph_statx.h
/usr/include/cephfs/libcephfs.h
/usr/lib64/libcephfs.so

References

Summary

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