How To Install boinc-client-devel on CentOS 8

boinc-client-devel is Development files for boinc-client

Introduction

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

What is boinc-client-devel

This package contains development files for boinc-client.

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

Install boinc-client-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 boinc-client-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boinc-client-devel

Install boinc-client-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 boinc-client-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boinc-client-devel

How To Uninstall boinc-client-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove boinc-client-devel

boinc-client-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/boinc
/usr/include/boinc/app_ipc.h
/usr/include/boinc/average.h
/usr/include/boinc/base64.h
/usr/include/boinc/boinc_api.h
/usr/include/boinc/boinc_fcgi.h
/usr/include/boinc/boinc_opencl.h
/usr/include/boinc/cal_boinc.h
/usr/include/boinc/cc_config.h
/usr/include/boinc/cert_sig.h
/usr/include/boinc/cl_boinc.h
/usr/include/boinc/common_defs.h
/usr/include/boinc/coproc.h
/usr/include/boinc/crypt.h
/usr/include/boinc/diagnostics.h
/usr/include/boinc/error_numbers.h
/usr/include/boinc/filesys.h
/usr/include/boinc/graphics2.h
/usr/include/boinc/gui_rpc_client.h
/usr/include/boinc/gutil.h
/usr/include/boinc/hostinfo.h
/usr/include/boinc/md5.h
/usr/include/boinc/md5_file.h
/usr/include/boinc/mem_usage.h
/usr/include/boinc/mfile.h
/usr/include/boinc/miofile.h
/usr/include/boinc/msg_log.h
/usr/include/boinc/network.h
/usr/include/boinc/notice.h
/usr/include/boinc/opencl_boinc.h
/usr/include/boinc/parse.h
/usr/include/boinc/prefs.h
/usr/include/boinc/procinfo.h
/usr/include/boinc/project_specific_defines.h
/usr/include/boinc/proxy_info.h
/usr/include/boinc/sched_msgs.h
/usr/include/boinc/stackwalker_imports.h
/usr/include/boinc/str_util.h
/usr/include/boinc/svn_version.h
/usr/include/boinc/url.h
/usr/include/boinc/util.h
/usr/include/boinc/version.h
/usr/lib64/libboinc_api.so
/usr/lib64/libboinc_graphics2.so
/usr/lib64/libboinc_opencl.so

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Summary

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