How To Install slang-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install slang-devel.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. slang-devel.x86_64 is Development files for the S-Lang extension language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slang-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is slang-devel.x86_64

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 to install slang-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slang-devel.x86_64.

Install slang-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install slang-devel.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slang-devel.x86_64

How To Uninstall slang-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the slang-devel.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove slang-devel.x86_64

slang-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/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-2.2.4
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel-2.2.4/cref.txt
/usr/share/doc/slang-devel-2.2.4/cslang.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install slang-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.