How To Install libglvnd-core-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglvnd-core-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libglvnd-core-devel
The libglvnd-core-devel package is a bootstrap trick for Mesa, which wants to build against the libglvnd headers but does not link against any of its libraries (and, initially, has file conflicts with them). If you are not Mesa you almost certainly want libglvnd-devel instead.
We can use yum or dnf to install libglvnd-core-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libglvnd-core-devel.
Install libglvnd-core-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 libglvnd-core-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libglvnd-core-devel
Install libglvnd-core-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 libglvnd-core-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libglvnd-core-devel
How To Uninstall libglvnd-core-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libglvnd-core-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libglvnd-core-devel
libglvnd-core-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/glvnd
/usr/include/glvnd/GLdispatchABI.h
/usr/include/glvnd/libeglabi.h
/usr/include/glvnd/libglxabi.h
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libglvnd.pc
/usr/include/glvnd
/usr/include/glvnd/GLdispatchABI.h
/usr/include/glvnd/libeglabi.h
/usr/include/glvnd/libglxabi.h
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libglvnd.pc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libglvnd-core-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
