How To Install libmicrodns-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is libmicrodns-devel

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

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libmicrodns-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libmicrodns-devel

How To Uninstall libmicrodns-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libmicrodns-devel

libmicrodns-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/microdns
/usr/include/microdns/microdns.h
/usr/include/microdns/rr.h
/usr/lib64/libmicrodns.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/microdns.pc

References

Summary

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