How To Install yara-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is yara-devel

The yara-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use yara.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install yara-devel

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

sudo yum -y install yara-devel

How To Uninstall yara-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove yara-devel

yara-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/yara
/usr/include/yara.h
/usr/include/yara/ahocorasick.h
/usr/include/yara/arena.h
/usr/include/yara/atoms.h
/usr/include/yara/base64.h
/usr/include/yara/bitmask.h
/usr/include/yara/compiler.h
/usr/include/yara/error.h
/usr/include/yara/exec.h
/usr/include/yara/exefiles.h
/usr/include/yara/filemap.h
/usr/include/yara/hash.h
/usr/include/yara/integers.h
/usr/include/yara/libyara.h
/usr/include/yara/limits.h
/usr/include/yara/mem.h
/usr/include/yara/modules.h
/usr/include/yara/notebook.h
/usr/include/yara/object.h
/usr/include/yara/parser.h
/usr/include/yara/proc.h
/usr/include/yara/re.h
/usr/include/yara/rules.h
/usr/include/yara/scan.h
/usr/include/yara/scanner.h
/usr/include/yara/sizedstr.h
/usr/include/yara/stack.h
/usr/include/yara/stopwatch.h
/usr/include/yara/stream.h
/usr/include/yara/strutils.h
/usr/include/yara/threading.h
/usr/include/yara/types.h
/usr/include/yara/utils.h
/usr/lib64/libyara.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/yara.pc

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Summary

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