How To Install babl-devel on CentOS 8

babl-devel is Headers for developing programs that will use babl Headers for developing programs that will use babl

Introduction

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

What is babl-devel

This package contains the libraries and header files needed for developing with babl. babl-devel 0.1.52 1.el8 x86_64 21 k babl-0.1.52-1.el8.src.rpm powertools Headers for developing programs that will use babl http LGPLv3+ and GPLv3+ This package contains the libraries and header files needed for developing with babl.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install babl-devel

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

sudo yum -y install babl-devel

How To Uninstall babl-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove babl-devel

babl-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/babl-0.1
/usr/include/babl-0.1/babl
/usr/include/babl-0.1/babl/babl-introspect.h
/usr/include/babl-0.1/babl/babl-macros.h
/usr/include/babl-0.1/babl/babl-types.h
/usr/include/babl-0.1/babl/babl-version.h
/usr/include/babl-0.1/babl/babl.h
/usr/lib/libbabl-0.1.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/babl.pc
/usr/include/babl-0.1
/usr/include/babl-0.1/babl
/usr/include/babl-0.1/babl/babl-introspect.h
/usr/include/babl-0.1/babl/babl-macros.h
/usr/include/babl-0.1/babl/babl-types.h
/usr/include/babl-0.1/babl/babl-version.h
/usr/include/babl-0.1/babl/babl.h
/usr/lib64/libbabl-0.1.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/babl.pc

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Summary

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