How To Install aalib-devel on CentOS 8

aalib-devel is Development files for aalib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aalib-devel on CentOS 8.

What is `aalib-devel`

This package contains header files and other files needed to develop with aalib.

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

Install aalib-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install aalib-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install aalib-devel

Install aalib-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install aalib-devel

How To Uninstall aalib-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove aalib-devel

aalib-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/aalib-config
/usr/include/aalib.h
/usr/lib64/libaa.so
/usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4
/usr/share/info/aalib.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/aalib.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/aalib.info-3.gz
/usr/share/info/aalib.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_attrs.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_autoinit.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_autoinitkbd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_autoinitmouse.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_close.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_createedit.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_currentfont.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_defparams.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_defrenderparams.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_displayrecommended.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_dithernames.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_drivers.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_edit.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_editkey.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_fastrender.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_fonts.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_formats.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_getevent.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_getkey.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_getmouse.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_gotoxy.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_help.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_hidecursor.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_hidemouse.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_image.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_imgheight.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_imgwidth.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_init.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_initkbd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_initmouse.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_kbddrivers.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_kbdrecommended.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_mmheight.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_mmwidth.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_mousedrivers.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_mouserecommended.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_parseoptions.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_printf.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_putpixel.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_puts.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_recommendhi.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_recommendhidisplay.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_recommendhikbd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_recommendhimouse.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_recommendlow.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_recommendlowdisplay.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_recommendlowkbd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_recommendlowmouse.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_registerfont.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_render.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_resize.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_resizehandler.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_scrheight.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_scrwidth.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_setfont.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_setsupported.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_showcursor.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_showmouse.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_text.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_uninitkbd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/aa_uninitmouse.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/mem_d.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/save_d.3.gz

References

aalib-devel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aalib-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.