How To Install libtelnet-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtelnet-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libtelnet-devel is Header files for libtelnet

Introduction

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

What is libtelnet-devel

Header files for developing applications making use of libtelnet.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libtelnet-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libtelnet-devel

How To Uninstall libtelnet-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libtelnet-devel

libtelnet-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/libtelnet.h
/usr/lib64/libtelnet.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libtelnet.pc
/usr/share/man/man1/telnet-chatd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/telnet-client.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/telnet-proxy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libtelnet.h.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/telnet_environ_t.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/telnet_event_t.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/telnet_event_t_compress_t.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/telnet_event_t_data_t.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/telnet_event_t_environ_t.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/telnet_event_t_error_t.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/telnet_event_t_iac_t.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/telnet_event_t_mssp_t.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/telnet_event_t_negotiate_t.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/telnet_event_t_subnegotiate_t.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/telnet_event_t_ttype_t.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/telnet_event_t_zmp_t.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/telnet_telopt_t.3.gz

References

Summary

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