How To Install dpkg-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpkg-devel on CentOS 8.
What is dpkg-devel
This package provides the header files and static library necessary to develop software using dpkg, the same library used internally by dpkg. Note though, that the API is to be considered volatile, and might change at any time, use at your own risk.
We can use yum or dnf to install dpkg-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dpkg-devel.
Install dpkg-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 dpkg-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dpkg-devel
Install dpkg-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 dpkg-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dpkg-devel
How To Uninstall dpkg-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dpkg-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dpkg-devel
dpkg-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/dpkg/ar.h
/usr/include/dpkg/arch.h
/usr/include/dpkg/atomic-file.h
/usr/include/dpkg/buffer.h
/usr/include/dpkg/c-ctype.h
/usr/include/dpkg/color.h
/usr/include/dpkg/command.h
/usr/include/dpkg/compress.h
/usr/include/dpkg/deb-version.h
/usr/include/dpkg/debug.h
/usr/include/dpkg/dir.h
/usr/include/dpkg/dpkg-db.h
/usr/include/dpkg/dpkg.h
/usr/include/dpkg/ehandle.h
/usr/include/dpkg/error.h
/usr/include/dpkg/fdio.h
/usr/include/dpkg/file.h
/usr/include/dpkg/glob.h
/usr/include/dpkg/macros.h
/usr/include/dpkg/namevalue.h
/usr/include/dpkg/options.h
/usr/include/dpkg/parsedump.h
/usr/include/dpkg/path.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg-array.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg-format.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg-list.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg-queue.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg-show.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg-spec.h
/usr/include/dpkg/pkg.h
/usr/include/dpkg/progname.h
/usr/include/dpkg/program.h
/usr/include/dpkg/progress.h
/usr/include/dpkg/report.h
/usr/include/dpkg/string.h
/usr/include/dpkg/subproc.h
/usr/include/dpkg/tarfn.h
/usr/include/dpkg/treewalk.h
/usr/include/dpkg/trigdeferred.h
/usr/include/dpkg/triglib.h
/usr/include/dpkg/varbuf.h
/usr/include/dpkg/version.h
/usr/lib64/libdpkg.a
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libdpkg.pc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpkg-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.