How To Install augeas-devel on CentOS 8

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Introduction

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

What is augeas-devel

The augeas-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use augeas. augeas-devel 1.12.0 6.el8 x86_64 26 k augeas-1.12.0-6.el8.src.rpm powertools Development files for augeas http LGPLv2+ The augeas-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use augeas.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install augeas-devel

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

sudo yum -y install augeas-devel

How To Uninstall augeas-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove augeas-devel

augeas-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/augeas.h
/usr/include/fa.h
/usr/lib/libaugeas.so
/usr/lib/libfa.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/augeas.pc
/usr/include/augeas.h
/usr/include/fa.h
/usr/lib64/libaugeas.so
/usr/lib64/libfa.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/augeas.pc

References

Summary

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