How To Install rpm-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-devel on Rocky Linux 8. rpm-devel is Development files for manipulating RPM packages

Introduction

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

What is rpm-devel

This package contains the RPM C library and header files. These development files will simplify the process of writing programs that manipulate RPM packages and databases. These files are intended to simplify the process of creating graphical package managers or any other tools that need an intimate knowledge of RPM packages in order to function. This package should be installed if you want to develop programs that will manipulate RPM packages and databases.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rpm-devel

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

sudo yum -y install rpm-devel

How To Uninstall rpm-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rpm-devel

rpm-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/rpmgraph
/usr/include/rpm
/usr/include/rpm/argv.h
/usr/include/rpm/header.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmarchive.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbase64.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbuild.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcallback.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcli.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmdb.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmds.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfc.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfi.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfiles.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfileutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmio.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmkeyring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlib.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlog.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmmacro.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpgp.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpol.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmprob.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmps.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsign.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmspec.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsq.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstrpool.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsw.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtag.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtd.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmte.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmts.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtypes.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmurl.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmvf.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/ec6712662bbd0b4cb47cca6f70cf8a02215538
/usr/lib64/librpm.so
/usr/lib64/librpmbuild.so
/usr/lib64/librpmio.so
/usr/lib64/librpmsign.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/rpm.pc
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmgraph.8.gz
/usr/bin/rpmgraph
/usr/include/rpm
/usr/include/rpm/argv.h
/usr/include/rpm/header.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmarchive.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbase64.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbuild.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcallback.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcli.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmdb.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmds.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfc.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfi.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfiles.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfileutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmio.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmkeyring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlib.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlog.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmmacro.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpgp.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpol.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmprob.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmps.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsign.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmspec.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsq.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstrpool.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsw.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtag.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtd.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmte.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmts.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtypes.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmurl.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmvf.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/45d341f49ff57c1464ca159a650dc401d8a3e1
/usr/lib/librpm.so
/usr/lib/librpmbuild.so
/usr/lib/librpmio.so
/usr/lib/librpmsign.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/rpm.pc
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmgraph.8.gz
/usr/bin/rpmgraph
/usr/include/rpm
/usr/include/rpm/argv.h
/usr/include/rpm/header.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmarchive.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbase64.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbuild.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcallback.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcli.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmdb.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmds.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfc.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfi.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfiles.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfileutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmio.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmkeyring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlib.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlog.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmmacro.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpgp.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpol.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmprob.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmps.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsign.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmspec.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsq.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstrpool.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsw.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtag.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtd.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmte.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmts.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtypes.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmurl.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmvf.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/237ccc9d44ccc941c93d5e44e7537c32d3c1f6
/usr/lib64/librpm.so
/usr/lib64/librpmbuild.so
/usr/lib64/librpmio.so
/usr/lib64/librpmsign.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/rpm.pc
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmgraph.8.gz
/usr/bin/rpmgraph
/usr/include/rpm
/usr/include/rpm/argv.h
/usr/include/rpm/header.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmarchive.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbase64.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmbuild.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcallback.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmcli.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmdb.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmds.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfc.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfi.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfiles.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmfileutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmio.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmkeyring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlib.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmlog.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmmacro.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpgp.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmpol.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmprob.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmps.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsign.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmspec.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsq.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstring.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmstrpool.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmsw.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtag.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtd.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmte.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmts.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmtypes.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmurl.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmutil.h
/usr/include/rpm/rpmvf.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/08f11525247ab2fa6510fc4b7a28a4d49ef448
/usr/lib/librpm.so
/usr/lib/librpmbuild.so
/usr/lib/librpmio.so
/usr/lib/librpmsign.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/rpm.pc
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmgraph.8.gz

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Summary

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