How To Install slang-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install slang-devel on Rocky Linux 8. slang-devel is Development files for the S-Lang extension language

Introduction

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

What is slang-devel

This package contains files which you’ll need if you want to develop S-Lang based applications. Documentation which may help you write S-Lang based applications is also included. Install the slang-devel package if you want to develop applications based on the S-Lang extension language.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install slang-devel

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

sudo yum -y install slang-devel

How To Uninstall slang-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove slang-devel

slang-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/slang
/usr/include/slang.h
/usr/include/slang/slang.h
/usr/include/slang/slcurses.h
/usr/include/slcurses.h
/usr/lib/libslang.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/slang.pc
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/README
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/cref.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/cslang.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/grammar.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/slang.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/slangfun.txt
/usr/include/slang
/usr/include/slang.h
/usr/include/slang/slang.h
/usr/include/slang/slcurses.h
/usr/include/slcurses.h
/usr/lib64/libslang.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/slang.pc
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/README
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/cref.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/cslang.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/grammar.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/slang.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel/slangfun.txt

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Summary

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