How To Install libsysfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsysfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libsysfs-devel is Static library and headers for libsysfs

Introduction

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

What is libsysfs-devel

libsysfs-devel provides the header files and static libraries required to build programs using the libsysfs API.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libsysfs-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libsysfs-devel

How To Uninstall libsysfs-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libsysfs-devel

libsysfs-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/sysfs
/usr/include/sysfs/dlist.h
/usr/include/sysfs/libsysfs.h
/usr/lib/libsysfs.so
/usr/include/sysfs
/usr/include/sysfs/dlist.h
/usr/include/sysfs/libsysfs.h
/usr/lib64/libsysfs.so

References

Summary

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