How To Install librsync-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is librsync-devel

The librsync-devel package contains header files and library necessary for developing programs based on librsync.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install librsync-devel

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

sudo yum -y install librsync-devel

How To Uninstall librsync-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove librsync-devel

librsync-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/librsync.h
/usr/include/librsync_export.h
/usr/lib64/librsync.so
/usr/share/man/man3/librsync.3.gz

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Summary

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