How To Install libusb-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is libusb-devel

This package contains the header files, libraries and documentation needed to develop applications that use libusb-0.1. However new applications should use libusb-1.0 library instead of this one.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libusb-devel

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

sudo yum -y install libusb-devel

How To Uninstall libusb-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libusb-devel

libusb-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/libusb-config
/usr/include/usb.h
/usr/lib/libusb.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libusb.pc
/usr/bin/libusb-config
/usr/include/usb.h
/usr/lib64/libusb.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libusb.pc

References

Summary

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