How To Install re2-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install re2-devel on Rocky Linux 8. re2-devel is C++ header files and library symbolic links for re2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install re2-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is re2-devel

This package contains the C++ header files and symbolic links to the shared libraries for re2. If you would like to develop programs using re2, you will need to install re2-devel.

We can use yum or dnf to install re2-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install re2-devel.

Install re2-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 re2-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install re2-devel

Install re2-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 re2-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install re2-devel

How To Uninstall re2-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the re2-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove re2-devel

re2-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/re2
/usr/include/re2/filtered_re2.h
/usr/include/re2/re2.h
/usr/include/re2/set.h
/usr/include/re2/stringpiece.h
/usr/lib64/libre2.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/re2.pc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install re2-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.