How To Install libssh2-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh2-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libssh2-devel
The libssh2-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libssh2.
We can use yum or dnf to install libssh2-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libssh2-devel.
Install libssh2-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 libssh2-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libssh2-devel
Install libssh2-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 libssh2-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libssh2-devel
How To Uninstall libssh2-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libssh2-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libssh2-devel
libssh2-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/libssh2.h
/usr/include/libssh2_publickey.h
/usr/include/libssh2_sftp.h
/usr/lib64/libssh2.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libssh2.pc
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/CMakeLists.txt
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/direct_tcpip.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/libssh2_config.h
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/scp.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/scp_nonblock.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/scp_write.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/scp_write_nonblock.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/sftp.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/sftp_RW_nonblock.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/sftp_append.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/sftp_mkdir.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/sftp_mkdir_nonblock.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/sftp_nonblock.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/sftp_write.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/sftp_write_nonblock.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/sftp_write_sliding.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/sftpdir.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/sftpdir_nonblock.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/ssh2.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/ssh2_agent.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/ssh2_echo.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/ssh2_exec.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/stamp-h2
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/subsystem_netconf.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/tcpip-forward.c
/usr/share/doc/libssh2-devel/example.x86_64/x11.c
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh2-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
