How To Install weechat-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is weechat-devel

WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a portable, fast, light and extensible IRC client. Everything can be done with a keyboard. It is customizable and extensible with scripts. This package contains include files and pc file for weechat.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install weechat-devel

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

sudo yum -y install weechat-devel

How To Uninstall weechat-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove weechat-devel

weechat-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/weechat
/usr/include/weechat/weechat-plugin.h
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/weechat.pc

References

Summary

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