How To Install avahi-devel on CentOS 8

avahi-devel is Libraries and header files for avahi development Libraries and header files for avahi development

Introduction

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

What is avahi-devel

The avahi-devel package contains the header files and libraries necessary for developing programs using avahi. avahi-devel 0.7 20.el8 x86_64 37 k avahi-0.7-20.el8.src.rpm powertools Libraries and header files for avahi development http LGPLv2+ The avahi-devel package contains the header files and libraries necessary for developing programs using avahi.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install avahi-devel

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

sudo yum -y install avahi-devel

How To Uninstall avahi-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove avahi-devel

avahi-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/avahi-client
/usr/include/avahi-client/client.h
/usr/include/avahi-client/lookup.h
/usr/include/avahi-client/publish.h
/usr/include/avahi-common
/usr/include/avahi-common/address.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/alternative.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/cdecl.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/defs.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/domain.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/error.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/gccmacro.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/llist.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/malloc.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/rlist.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/simple-watch.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/strlst.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/thread-watch.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/timeval.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/watch.h
/usr/include/avahi-core
/usr/include/avahi-core/core.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/log.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/lookup.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/publish.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/rr.h
/usr/lib/libavahi-client.so
/usr/lib/libavahi-common.so
/usr/lib/libavahi-core.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/avahi-client.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/avahi-core.pc
/usr/include/avahi-client
/usr/include/avahi-client/client.h
/usr/include/avahi-client/lookup.h
/usr/include/avahi-client/publish.h
/usr/include/avahi-common
/usr/include/avahi-common/address.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/alternative.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/cdecl.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/defs.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/domain.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/error.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/gccmacro.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/llist.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/malloc.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/rlist.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/simple-watch.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/strlst.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/thread-watch.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/timeval.h
/usr/include/avahi-common/watch.h
/usr/include/avahi-core
/usr/include/avahi-core/core.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/log.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/lookup.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/publish.h
/usr/include/avahi-core/rr.h
/usr/lib64/libavahi-client.so
/usr/lib64/libavahi-common.so
/usr/lib64/libavahi-core.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/avahi-client.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/avahi-core.pc

References

Summary

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