How To Install libsquish-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquish-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libsquish-devel is Development files for Open source DXT compression library

Introduction

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

What is libsquish-devel

The libsquish-devel package contains files needed for developing or compiling applications which use DXT compression.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libsquish-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libsquish-devel

How To Uninstall libsquish-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libsquish-devel

libsquish-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/squish.h
/usr/lib64/libsquish.so
/usr/share/doc/libsquish-devel
/usr/share/doc/libsquish-devel/README.txt

References

Summary

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