How To Install libnghttp2-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnghttp2-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libnghttp2-devel is Files needed for building applications with libnghttp2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnghttp2-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libnghttp2-devel

The libnghttp2-devel package includes libraries and header files needed for building applications with libnghttp2.

We can use yum or dnf to install libnghttp2-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnghttp2-devel.

Install libnghttp2-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 libnghttp2-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnghttp2-devel

Install libnghttp2-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 libnghttp2-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnghttp2-devel

How To Uninstall libnghttp2-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libnghttp2-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libnghttp2-devel

libnghttp2-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/nghttp2
/usr/include/nghttp2/nghttp2.h
/usr/include/nghttp2/nghttp2ver.h
/usr/lib/libnghttp2.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libnghttp2.pc
/usr/share/doc/libnghttp2-devel
/usr/share/doc/libnghttp2-devel/README.rst
/usr/include/nghttp2
/usr/include/nghttp2/nghttp2.h
/usr/include/nghttp2/nghttp2ver.h
/usr/lib64/libnghttp2.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libnghttp2.pc
/usr/share/doc/libnghttp2-devel
/usr/share/doc/libnghttp2-devel/README.rst

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnghttp2-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.