How To Install ctpl-devel on CentOS 8

ctpl-devel is Development headers of the template library written in C

Introduction

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

What is ctpl-devel

This package contains the development headers of the CTPL library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ctpl-devel

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

sudo yum -y install ctpl-devel

How To Uninstall ctpl-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove ctpl-devel

ctpl-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/ctpl
/usr/include/ctpl/ctpl-environ.h
/usr/include/ctpl/ctpl-eval.h
/usr/include/ctpl/ctpl-input-stream.h
/usr/include/ctpl/ctpl-io.h
/usr/include/ctpl/ctpl-lexer-expr.h
/usr/include/ctpl/ctpl-lexer.h
/usr/include/ctpl/ctpl-output-stream.h
/usr/include/ctpl/ctpl-parser.h
/usr/include/ctpl/ctpl-token.h
/usr/include/ctpl/ctpl-value.h
/usr/include/ctpl/ctpl-version.h
/usr/include/ctpl/ctpl.h
/usr/lib64/libctpl.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ctpl.pc
/usr/share/doc/ctpl-0.3.4/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/ctpl-0.3.4/TODO

References

Summary

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