How To Install libgsasl-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsasl-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libgsasl-devel is Development files for libgsasl

Introduction

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

What is libgsasl-devel

The libgsasl-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libgsasl.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libgsasl-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libgsasl-devel

How To Uninstall libgsasl-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libgsasl-devel

libgsasl-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/gsasl-compat.h
/usr/include/gsasl-mech.h
/usr/include/gsasl.h
/usr/lib64/libgsasl.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libgsasl.pc
/usr/share/doc/libgsasl-devel
/usr/share/doc/libgsasl-devel/COPYING

References

Summary

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