How To Install libpwquality-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpwquality-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libpwquality-devel
Files needed for development of applications using the libpwquality library. See the pwquality.h header file for the API.
We can use yum or dnf to install libpwquality-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpwquality-devel.
Install libpwquality-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 libpwquality-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libpwquality-devel
Install libpwquality-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 libpwquality-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libpwquality-devel
How To Uninstall libpwquality-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libpwquality-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libpwquality-devel
libpwquality-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/pwquality.h
/usr/lib/libpwquality.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/pwquality.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/pwquality.3.gz
/usr/include/pwquality.h
/usr/lib64/libpwquality.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/pwquality.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/pwquality.3.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpwquality-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
