How To Install xxhash-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xxhash-devel on Rocky Linux 8. xxhash-devel is Extremely fast hash algorithm - development files

Introduction

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

What is xxhash-devel

Development files for the xxhash library

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

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

sudo dnf -y install xxhash-devel

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

sudo yum -y install xxhash-devel

How To Uninstall xxhash-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove xxhash-devel

xxhash-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/xxh3.h
/usr/include/xxhash.h
/usr/lib64/libxxhash.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libxxhash.pc

References

Summary

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