How To Install libfdt-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfdt-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libfdt-devel is Development headers for device tree library

Introduction

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

What is libfdt-devel

This package provides development files for libfdt

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libfdt-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libfdt-devel

How To Uninstall libfdt-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libfdt-devel

libfdt-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/fdt.h
/usr/include/libfdt.h
/usr/include/libfdt_env.h
/usr/lib/libfdt.so
/usr/include/fdt.h
/usr/include/libfdt.h
/usr/include/libfdt_env.h
/usr/lib64/libfdt.so

References

Summary

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