How To Install libconfig-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libconfig-devel
Development libraries and headers for developing software against libconfig.
We can use yum or dnf to install libconfig-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libconfig-devel.
Install libconfig-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 libconfig-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libconfig-devel
Install libconfig-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 libconfig-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libconfig-devel
How To Uninstall libconfig-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libconfig-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libconfig-devel
libconfig-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/libconfig.h
/usr/include/libconfig.h++
/usr/lib/libconfig++.so
/usr/lib/libconfig.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libconfig++.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libconfig.pc
/usr/share/doc/libconfig-devel
/usr/share/doc/libconfig-devel/libconfig.pdf
/usr/share/info/libconfig.info.gz
/usr/include/libconfig.h
/usr/include/libconfig.h++
/usr/lib64/libconfig++.so
/usr/lib64/libconfig.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libconfig++.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libconfig.pc
/usr/share/doc/libconfig-devel
/usr/share/doc/libconfig-devel/libconfig.pdf
/usr/share/info/libconfig.info.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
