How To Install calc-devel on CentOS 8

calc-devel is Development files for the calc arithmetic system

Introduction

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

What is calc-devel

This package contains files necessary to build applications which use the calc arbitrary precision arithmetic system.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install calc-devel

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

sudo yum -y install calc-devel

How To Uninstall calc-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove calc-devel

calc-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/calc
/usr/include/calc/align32.h
/usr/include/calc/alloc.h
/usr/include/calc/args.h
/usr/include/calc/blkcpy.h
/usr/include/calc/block.h
/usr/include/calc/byteswap.h
/usr/include/calc/calc.h
/usr/include/calc/calcerr.h
/usr/include/calc/cmath.h
/usr/include/calc/conf.h
/usr/include/calc/config.h
/usr/include/calc/custom.h
/usr/include/calc/decl.h
/usr/include/calc/endian_calc.h
/usr/include/calc/file.h
/usr/include/calc/fposval.h
/usr/include/calc/func.h
/usr/include/calc/hash.h
/usr/include/calc/have_const.h
/usr/include/calc/have_fpos.h
/usr/include/calc/have_fpos_pos.h
/usr/include/calc/have_getpgid.h
/usr/include/calc/have_getprid.h
/usr/include/calc/have_getsid.h
/usr/include/calc/have_gettime.h
/usr/include/calc/have_memmv.h
/usr/include/calc/have_newstr.h
/usr/include/calc/have_offscl.h
/usr/include/calc/have_posscl.h
/usr/include/calc/have_rusage.h
/usr/include/calc/have_stdlib.h
/usr/include/calc/have_strdup.h
/usr/include/calc/have_string.h
/usr/include/calc/have_times.h
/usr/include/calc/have_uid_t.h
/usr/include/calc/have_unistd.h
/usr/include/calc/have_unused.h
/usr/include/calc/have_urandom.h
/usr/include/calc/have_ustat.h
/usr/include/calc/hist.h
/usr/include/calc/jump.h
/usr/include/calc/label.h
/usr/include/calc/lib_calc.h
/usr/include/calc/lib_util.h
/usr/include/calc/longbits.h
/usr/include/calc/nametype.h
/usr/include/calc/opcodes.h
/usr/include/calc/prime.h
/usr/include/calc/qmath.h
/usr/include/calc/sha1.h
/usr/include/calc/str.h
/usr/include/calc/symbol.h
/usr/include/calc/terminal.h
/usr/include/calc/token.h
/usr/include/calc/value.h
/usr/include/calc/zmath.h
/usr/include/calc/zrand.h
/usr/include/calc/zrandom.h
/usr/lib64/libcalc.so
/usr/share/doc/calc-devel
/usr/share/doc/calc-devel/LIBRARY

References

Summary

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