How To Install nbdkit-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is nbdkit-devel

This package contains development files and documentation for nbdkit. Install this package if you want to develop plugins for nbdkit.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install nbdkit-devel

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

sudo yum -y install nbdkit-devel

How To Uninstall nbdkit-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nbdkit-devel

nbdkit-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/nbd-protocol.h
/usr/include/nbdkit-common.h
/usr/include/nbdkit-filter.h
/usr/include/nbdkit-plugin.h
/usr/include/nbdkit-version.h
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/nbdkit.pc
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-devel
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-devel/BENCHMARKING
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-devel/OTHER_PLUGINS
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-devel/README
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-devel/SECURITY
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-devel/TODO
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-devel/example.py
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-devel/example.sh
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-devel/example1.c
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-devel/example2.c
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-devel/example3.c
/usr/share/licenses/nbdkit-devel
/usr/share/licenses/nbdkit-devel/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-release-notes-1.10.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-release-notes-1.12.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-release-notes-1.14.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-release-notes-1.16.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-release-notes-1.4.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-release-notes-1.6.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdkit-release-notes-1.8.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/nbdkit-filter.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/nbdkit-plugin.3.gz

References

Summary

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