How To Install libsmartcols-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmartcols-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libsmartcols-devel is Formatting library for ls-like programs.

Introduction

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

What is libsmartcols-devel

This is development library and headers for ls-like terminal programs, part of util-linux.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libsmartcols-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libsmartcols-devel

How To Uninstall libsmartcols-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libsmartcols-devel

libsmartcols-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/libsmartcols
/usr/include/libsmartcols/libsmartcols.h
/usr/lib/libsmartcols.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/smartcols.pc
/usr/include/libsmartcols
/usr/include/libsmartcols/libsmartcols.h
/usr/lib64/libsmartcols.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/smartcols.pc

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Summary

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