How To Install librpminspect-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpminspect-devel on Rocky Linux 8. librpminspect-devel is Header files and development libraries for librpminspect

Introduction

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

What is librpminspect-devel

The header files and development library links required to build software using librpminspect.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install librpminspect-devel

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

sudo yum -y install librpminspect-devel

How To Uninstall librpminspect-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove librpminspect-devel

librpminspect-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/librpminspect
/usr/include/librpminspect/constants.h
/usr/include/librpminspect/inspect.h
/usr/include/librpminspect/output.h
/usr/include/librpminspect/readelf.h
/usr/include/librpminspect/results.h
/usr/include/librpminspect/rpminspect.h
/usr/include/librpminspect/types.h
/usr/include/librpminspect/uthash.h
/usr/lib64/librpminspect.so
/usr/share/licenses/librpminspect-devel
/usr/share/licenses/librpminspect-devel/COPYING.LIB

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Summary

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