How To Install bzip2-devel on CentOS 8

bzip2-devel is Libraries and header files for apps which will use bzip2 Libraries and header files for apps which will use bzip2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzip2-devel on CentOS 8.

What is `bzip2-devel`

Header files and a library of bzip2 functions, for developing apps which will use the library. bzip2-devel 1.0.6 26.el8 x86_64 224 k bzip2-1.0.6-26.el8.src.rpm baseos Libraries and header files for apps which will use bzip2 http BSD Header files and a library of bzip2 functions, for developing apps which will use the library.

We can use yum or dnf to install bzip2-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bzip2-devel.

Install bzip2-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 bzip2-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bzip2-devel

Install bzip2-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 bzip2-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bzip2-devel

How To Uninstall bzip2-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the bzip2-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bzip2-devel

bzip2-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/bzlib.h
/usr/lib/libbz2.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/bzip2.pc
/usr/share/doc/bzip2-devel
/usr/share/doc/bzip2-devel/manual.html
/usr/share/doc/bzip2-devel/manual.pdf
/usr/include/bzlib.h
/usr/lib64/libbz2.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/bzip2.pc
/usr/share/doc/bzip2-devel
/usr/share/doc/bzip2-devel/manual.html
/usr/share/doc/bzip2-devel/manual.pdf

References

[bzip2-devel website](http://www.bzip.org/ http://www.bzip.org/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzip2-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.